Transcript Muslim Invasion and Occupation of Spain

Muslim Invasion and
Occupation of Spain
Islam
• In the 7th century the prophet Muhammad
started the religion of Islam
• Islam quickly spread throughout Africa and
Tariq, the leader of the Muslims, wanted to
spread into Spain. He got the fierce Berber
tribes of North Africa to help.
Iberia
•Spain and Portugal are on the Iberian
peninsula.
•They were not united countries at this
point, but were broken up into little
kingdoms.
Rodrigo the Traitor
711 Rodrigo (the greedy king of
Southern Spain) wanted to defeat
the Basques so he let the
Umayyad Muslims in to “help.”
They killed him and took over.
The Basques
• The Basques were fierce warriors from
Northern Spain. They were never
defeated by the Romans. Their language
is one of the oldest known languages on
Earth.
The Party Kings
• The Umayyad Muslims (or Moors as
the Spaniards called them) took
over Spain and tried to go into
France. They were stopped by the
Basques. They settled in Spain and
ruled. They were known as the
Party Kings because they lived
lives of excess.
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Muslim Wave
• Muslims in Africa were getting mad that
the Party Kings were not being “good”
Muslims. The things they were not doing
included:
• Praying 5 times a day
• Not drinking
• Helping the poor
• Not living in excess
• A 2nd group of Muslims came into
Spain and took over.
• This group followed Muslim laws,
but they persecuted the Christians
and Jews unlike the Umayyad.
La Reconquista
• The Christians and Jews fought back and
slowly won back Spain.
• The Reconquista lasted until 1492 when
King Fernando and Queen Isabel defeated
the last Muslim power base in Granada.
Muslim influences today
• Architecture- The Muslim introduced the
idea of large fortress castles to Europe
and the use of the arch
• Food- Many Andalusian foods are based
on Muslim influence. These include:
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Paella
Chickpea stews
Gazpacho
Saffron
Couscous
They used better irrigation
techniques to grow
• Rice
• Cotton
• Orchards
• Silk
(from silk
worms)
• Music• Sitar gave inspiration to create the guitar
Language
• Many Spanish words come from Arabic
mostly Al, Am and An words
• Alcoba
• Alfalfa
• Anaranjado
• Alhambra