Who were the moor civilization?

Answer 1

Moors was a generic term given to the Islamic people which lived in medieval Spain and in Western North Africa.

Ethnically the largest portion of them were Berbers, followed by Iberians and Arabs.

The Islamic forces took advantage of the weak and divided Visigoth Kingdom of Spain in the 8th century and took most of modern day Spain and Portugal, for the next 5 century they would dominate the area before the seeing massive reverse in fortune during the 13th C.

During this period, Islamic Spain was the most prosperous and populace area in Western Europe, by the 10th century Islamic Spain (usually called Andalusia or Al-Andalus) had at least twice if not 3 times as much population as the British Isles of the same period. Where as most of Europe were struggling in the so called "dark ages" Islamic civilziation reached new height in Spain, as it's chief city Cordoba became one of the largest city in the world.

The rising Reconquista ended the prosperity of Andalusia for the most part, though another primary city Seville remained very propserous even after being conquered and went on to be the port where Christopher Columbus set out to discover the Americas.