The Moors conquered Spain in the year 711 AD.
The city of Granada in Spain was a regional capital of the Nasrids during the Moorish occupation (711 AD-1492 AD), which was called the Emirate of Granada, part of the Iberian empire of Al-Andalus (711 AD-1228 AD). By 1236 AD, Granada was an isolated Berber enclave that had allied itself with Ferdinand III of Castile.
The movement to drive the moors out of Spain since the first invasion in 711 AD until the last battle in 1492 AD (almost eight centuries) is called the Reconquista.
There were many leaders who helped defeat the Moors in Spain. The entire process took almost 700 years. However, the final defeat at the Battle of Grenada was accomplished by Queen Isabel of the Kingdom of Castilla and King Ferdinand of the Kingdom of Aragon. They were husband and wife and became the first rulers of a completely Moor free country that became Spain under their leadership.
The former king Aksum conquered the Kush in the AD 300's.
The Moors conquered Spain in the year 711 AD.
711 - 712 AD
The Muslims, or Moors, who invaded Spain from Africa, ruled all or part of the Iberian Peninsula from 711 AD until 1492.
The Religion was dominant in Southern Spain from 711 until 1492, under the rule of the Arabs and Moors of al-Andalus.
The city of Granada in Spain was a regional capital of the Nasrids during the Moorish occupation (711 AD-1492 AD), which was called the Emirate of Granada, part of the Iberian empire of Al-Andalus (711 AD-1228 AD). By 1236 AD, Granada was an isolated Berber enclave that had allied itself with Ferdinand III of Castile.
The movement to drive the moors out of Spain since the first invasion in 711 AD until the last battle in 1492 AD (almost eight centuries) is called the Reconquista.
There were many leaders who helped defeat the Moors in Spain. The entire process took almost 700 years. However, the final defeat at the Battle of Grenada was accomplished by Queen Isabel of the Kingdom of Castilla and King Ferdinand of the Kingdom of Aragon. They were husband and wife and became the first rulers of a completely Moor free country that became Spain under their leadership.
Some 540 years, from 711 AD until around 1250 AD. The Moors managed to hang on in some areas until 1492, but for those last 140 years they did no longer 'dominate' Spain.
Spain was not a uniformly Roman Catholic Superpower between 711 and 1492 AD. During those years It was divided between Muslims and Roman Catholic Reigns. The Muslims had invaded the country in 711 and within five years they succeeded in conquering the largest part of it, but the Christians started the reconquest of the lost territories which was carried finally out in 1492 by Isabel of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon.
almoravids
Vandalism stems from the word Vandals who were members of a Germanic tribe who conquered Spain, North Africa and Rome around 455 AD. They were defeated at Carthage in 533 AD
The former king Aksum conquered the Kush in the AD 300's.