“For nearly eight centuries, under her Mohammedan rulers, Spain set to all Europe a shining example of a civilized and enlightened State.”

The Moors transformed the Iberian peninsula over a period of 800 years from 711 A.D. to 1492 A.D. Their ingenuity in agriculture, civil engineering, water management, medicine, botany, astronomy, and mathematics revolutionized Europe and served as a beacon of high civilization at a time when Europe was in the midst of its Dark Ages.

The intellectuaql and artistic centers of Europe for many centuries were in Moorish Spain. The Moorish city of Cordova, Spain in the 10th century had well paved streets with raise sidewalks and street lamps hundreds of years before there was a paved street in Paris, Frane or a street lamp in London, England. Students and scholars from many areas of Europe flocked to Moorish Spain to be educated.

The Story of the Moors in Spain documents the arrival of the Moors, their occupation, dominance, monumental impact on Europe until the end of their rule in 1492.

Author: Stanley Lane-Poole

Publisher: Z Publications

ISBN: 9798322434238