In 711, troops mostly formed by Moors from northern Africa led the Umayyad conquest of Hispania. The Iberian Peninsula then came to be known in Classical Arabic as al-Andalus, which at its peak included most of Septimania and modern-day Spain and Portugal. In 827, the Aghlabid Moors occupied Mazara on Sicily, developing it as a port. [8]

Moor, in English usage, a Moroccan or, formerly, a member of the Muslim population of al-Andalus, now Spain and Portugal. Of mixed Arab, Spanish, and Amazigh (Berber) origins, the Moors created the Islamic Andalusian civilization and subsequently settled as refugees in the Maghreb (in the region of North Africa) between the 11th and 17th centuries.

2024年8月13日 · Who were the Moors? If the term seems familiar from art and literature—but still confusing—there’s a good reason. Shakespeare's play Othello features a Moorish general in the Venetian army.

2013年10月7日 · Black soldiers, specifically identified as Moors, were actively recruited by Rome, and served in Britain, France, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. St. Maurice, patron saint...

2023年3月19日 · Discover 15 lesser-known facts about the Moors, shedding light on their history, impact on Europe, and enduring legacy. The Moors left a significant mark on medieval Europe, especially with their conquest of the Iberian Peninsula in 711 AD.

2020年6月23日 · Evidence shows that the Moors ruled for nearly 700 years in Europe — mostly Spain and Portugal. They were identified for their presence on Western society, but not a lot of people know that the Moors were actually African descent Europeans.

2021年2月1日 · Moors, originally a group of people native to the region of present-day Morocco, bordering the Numidians of the East and various Berber peoples, saw their name assigned to the rest of the Muslims of the Maghreb Al Aqsa region as well as Andalusia.

The Moors were the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus (the Iberian Peninsula including present day Spain and Portugal) as well as the Maghreb and western Africa, whose culture is often called Moorish. The word was also used more generally in Europe to refer to anyone of Arab or African descent, sometimes called Blackamoors.

2021年11月27日 · African moors, who conquered Spain and ruled it for more than 800 years, were responsible for bringing Europe out of the dark ages. 1. The Spanish occupation by the Moors began in 711 AD when an African army, under their leader Tariq ibn-Ziyad, crossed the Strait of Gibraltar from northern Africa and invaded the Iberian peninsula ‘Andalus ...

The Moors were the Muslims who lived in the Maghreb and on the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and parts of Southern France in the Middle Ages. In Europe, the word was often used for indigenous European people whose ancestors were converted to Islam, although Islam was not actually documented until 700 A.D.