Yes, in Shakespearean times, 'Moor" referred to any non-white Muslim of any origin.
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Moors are nomadic people of the northern shores of Africa, originally the inhabitants of Mauretania. They were chiefly of Berber and Arab descent. Most of them are Muslims.
They were muslim.
Spain expelled the Muslim Moors in the 15th century.
A Muslim of mixed Berber and Arab descent who lives in Northwest Africa is commonly referred to as a "Maqribi" or "Maghrebi."
national unification and expulsion of the Muslim Moors. The year when the Muslim Moors finally fell after a ten year siege to the Spanish was the same year Christopher Columbus sighted America.
it is ether: Bantu Kurds Moors Berbers
Muslim, Christian, and Jewish, the Moors were very tolerant.
The Spanish Christians try to dive the Muslims out of their land.
They were busy fighting the moors (Muslim's from morocco). But after they drove all of them out.
The Amazigh (derisively called Moors) settled primarily in Spain and Portugal until they were ejected from Spain by Queen Isabella of Castille in 1492 and somewhat later from Portugal.
The Muslim Moors
Most of the impetus for Spanish exploration and pursuit of glory in the early 1500s came from the desire for wealth, power, and spreading Catholicism. The Spanish monarchs, such as Ferdinand and Isabella, supported expeditions to find new lands, resources, and territories to increase their influence and strengthen their empire. Additionally, adventurers and conquistadors sought personal riches and glory through discovery and conquest in the New World.
What events resulted in an increase of trade between Europe and Asia
The (Muslim) Moors, who went on to rule most of Spain from the 6th to around the 13th century.