History of Spain
What were the three religions that lived together in Toledo?
The Jews, the Christians, and the Muslims
They remained in Spain for 8 centuries
The Moors (Arabs)
1492
The Moors are defeated in the battle of Granada. Spain is unified under a Government and religion. The Spanish territory was extended to be the Spanish Empire with the first trip of Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus). The rise of the Spanish power grew. The Jews were expelled.
711
The year the Moors arrived in the Iberian Peninsula.
Los Romanos
Their reign lasted 6 centuries, they influenced the language, architecture, law, etc. of Spain. They gave Spain the basis of their culture.
Los Visigodos
They came in the year 400, came from the north of Europe composed by Germanic tribes. They made use of the decline of the Roman Empire and took control of the peninsula. They did not create a new civilization, but adapted the Roman institutions to its needs. Its monarchy was elective not hereditary.
Los Fenicios
They established trade ports and taught the use of currency, the alphabet, the art of metal working, and making textiles. They founded the cities of Cadiz and Malaga. They cared more about trade than war.
What was Arabic Spain like?
They valued literature and the philosophy of the Greeks and Romans, also, if it wasn't for them, they would have lost knowledge of the philosophy of Aristotle. In addition, there was no persecution of Jews or Christians, Arabs were promoting a peaceful co-existence of religions. No one had to become Islam by force. During their reign there were periods of peaceful and friendly coexistence and others of bloody war with the Christians.
Los griegos
They were also sailors, merchant, and settlers. They cultivated grape and olive trees and established academies.
The were the first settlers on the peninsula
Iberian's
What advancements in knowledge succored in Europe due to the Moors in Spain?
Science, mathematics, medicine, food, architecture
In what year did the Moors invade Spain?
711
Don Rodrigo
According to the legend, this man committed an indiscretion with Florinda la Cava, who then angered his father as a consequence of the Arab invasion.
Los Árabes/Los Moros/Los Musulmanes
Arrived in 711 of the North Africa. They brought Islam. They reigned in Spain for 8 centuries. They have exerted enormous influence in the Spanish national character, in the literature, art, architecture and in the language.
What other events occurred the same year as the end of the Reconquest?
Christopher Columbus went to the new world
In which city can you find the Grand Mosque
Cordoba
1469
Ferdinand and Isabella (the Catholic monarchs) were married and joined their kingdoms. This unified kingdom represented absolute strength against the Arabs.
Who ended the Reconquest and when?
Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492
In which city can you find la Alhambra
Granada
What was the last city occupied by the Moors?
Granada
The reconquest
It began with the battle of Covadonga, a war of battles intermittent which lasted eight centuries between Christians and Moors.
Granada
It is the city where the last battle of the Reconquest happened.
The blood of the Spaniards
It represents a mixture of the Iberians, Celts. the Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Visigoths and Arabs. In addition the Jews, Christians and islam.
La Alhambra
Located in Granada and the home of the last Caliph of Al - Andaluz, is the fabulous Palace of the Moorish Kings.
Iberia
Name of the peninsula shared by Portugal and Spain.
Spain
Name the Romans gave to the Iberian Peninsula.
The Moors that invaded Spain came from here
Northern Africa
Las Celtas
People that came from the British islands and Northern and Central Europe. They were warriors, blonde-haired, and red-haired.
What title did Ferdinand and Isabella receive from the Pope?
The Catholic Monarchs
Ferdinand and Isabella
The Catholic monarchs. Isabella, Queen of Castile and Ferdinand, King of Aragon.
What is the name of the long period of all the battles between the Moors and the Christians?
The Reconquest
Introduced their language, Latin
The Romans
How was the story of the Visigoth Monarchy?
The Visigothic monarchy was hereditary but elective among the nobles. Successions to the throne were almost always violent with the applicants to the Visigothic Crown is killed a few others. Thirty-two Visigothic kings who reigned in Spain, ten of them were killed by the aspirants to the throne.
Who conquered the Romans?
The Visigoths
Córdoba
The capital of the Caliphate. It was quite lavish and the most prosperous metropolis in Europe. In fact, it became a center of culture and learning without equal thanks to its University, the largest in Europe.
Los Iberos
The first inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula. They were short and dark-skinned. Some people believe that they are ancestors of the modern basques.
Al Anadaluz
The region of the Spanish-Arabians
