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Moor was a common term to refer to the Muslims of the Islamic Iberian Peninsula an North Africa, who were of Berber and Arab descent. They inhabited the Iberian Peninsula after the Arab conquests of the Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphates. At the beginning of the eighth century, Moorish soldiers crossed over from Morocco into Spain, Portugal and southern France which for a time they took control of until the Reconquista.

Trivia about moors

  • A golden age of Jewish culture began in the 10th C. under these people who ruled Spain
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew in Toledo, Spain) Cristo de la Luz was originally a mosque built by these people who took Toledo in 712
  • The Morisca, a popular dance of the 15th century, originated with this group in Spain
  • We can wend our way through the Alfama, an area largely built by these people who ruled Lisbon from 714 to 1147
  • In 1492 Granada, the last city in Spain held by these people, was captured by Ferdinand & Isabella's army
  • This group's nearly 800-year rule of Spain ended when Ferdinand took Granada in 1492
  • In 1492 Spain took Grenada, the last kingdom of these people in Spain
  • This group's nearly 800-year rule of Spain ended when Christian forces took Granada in 1492
  • The Visigoth Empire went out of business in 711 when it was defeated by this north African group in Spain
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Lima, Peru.) Lima is known as the city of balconies, which are in the style inspired by these Spanish Muslims
  • These people, a mix of Arabs & Berbers, conquered most of Spain in the 8th century
  • (Seinfeld's Jason Alexander gives the clue.) Due to a "Trivial Pursuit" misprint, I insisted to the Bubble Boy Spain was once ruled by the Moops & not these people

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