Iberian Peninsula

Abd Allah B. Buluggin memoir the Tibyan gives an account of history in the Iberian Peninsula under Islamic rule. During this era the text produced about the land and history was destroyed or lost. Therefore making the Tibyan the best account of history for that era, it covers the history following the Ibn Hayyan’s era, events and developments from the 5th/11th century, in addition it gives perspectives of a Taifa prince and a Berber prince. Nonetheless, the Tibyan is a memoir of Abd Allah B. Buluggin

Hundred Years War between England and France. However, the Reconquista, or the reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula (modern day Spain) fought between Christians and Muslims, was considerably lengthier, spanning 770 years from 722 at the battle of Covadonga and ultimately ending in 1492 with the expulsion of Muslim forces from Granada. The Reconquista began in response to an invasion of the peninsula in April of 711 by the Moors. Generally the Reconquista is thought to be a 700-year of ideology, “but

Spanish culture is intensely influenced by Islamic culture through the invasion of Arab military in medieval time, visually retaining influence through culture, religion, and architecture. At the beginning of the early 700s, Muslims from the Arabian Peninsula began their conquest by convincing nearby Germanic tribes to surrender; though it was not until they travelled across the Straits of Gibraltar and attacked around 711 that their expansion truly began. As stated earlier, other religious groups within

resides in the Iberian Peninsula at the southwestern verge of the continent and is Europe's third largest nation. This once great Spanish Empire held sway in every corner of the globe. Many modern countries all over the world can trace their culinary traditions back to those early settlers. Spain also enjoys a rich and assorted cuisine influenced by its own series of settlers, invaders and of course the locally available resources. The body of Spain is composed of a large peninsula surrounded by

reconquest are frequent throughout the entire history of Spain, and the history of Moors in Spain is no exception. It began in the year 711 when the Moors first crossed over to the Iberian Peninsula, until their expulsion from Granada in 1492 which marks the end of the Reconquista, they influenced the native Iberians in many ways including culture and religion. The Moors were people of Berber, Black African, and Arab

order to fully understand Spain and her people, one must first understand their origin, where they came from. Two groups entered the Iberian Peninsula; the Celts and the Iberians. The Celts, who came via the Pyrenees, one of Iberia’s northern mountain ranges, and spread across the Atlantic coastline. They supported themselves by herding and by working iron. The Iberians, so deemed by the Greeks, came up from North Africa, and

conflict of economic interest – not as much territorial, since Carthage wasn’t as interested in territory as commerce – lead to the Punic wars. Even when Rome won the war with Carthage, it took Romans two centuries to completely control the Iberian Peninsula, earning all the while the enmity of the Spanish tribes with their expansionist policy and abuses on Spanish people. This was the main contributor to the great anti-roman sentiment felt in Hispania at the

Patterns of Spanish Exploration and conquest, in 1527 a group of Spaniards set sail out of Cádiz, Spain in the control of Pánfilo de Narváez to discover a mysterious land called La Florida. Pánfilo de Narváez had around 500 Spaniard men in his control, little did he know only four men would make it out of this strenuous journey. Those four men were Cabeza de Vaca, Andrés de Dorantes de Carranza, Alonso Castillo Maldonado, and an African slave, Esteban. Although these men were expecting to come as

SCRIPT: General Overview: Spain is a European country, located in the southwestern peninsula of Europe. The official language of Spain is, uncoincidentally, Spanish. Spain’s capital is the city of Madrid, and it has been the capital since the 17th century. The population of Spain 47.27 million with a .87% growth rate. Directly to the west of Spain is Portugal. North of Spain is France. There is no country touching the southern part of Spain, just ocean water leading into the Mediterranean sea on

and hydraulic systems passed on from the Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians, which would become a great asset to their success in agriculture, landscaping, and gardening in Spain (“Al-Andalus History”). Virtually barren lands of the Iberian Peninsula became flourishing centers of agriculture through the implementation of hydraulic and irrigation technology of the Muslims, thus bringing great wealth and power to the region through trade. Plants including palm trees, citrus, avocado, and pomegranate