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Q. When did Spain end fascism?
20 November 1975
Table of Contents
- Q. When did Spain end fascism?
- Q. Are Spain and Portugal allies?
- Q. How long was Spain ruled by the Moors?
- Q. Why did Moors invade Spain?
- Q. What was the purest symbol of life for the Moors?
- Q. Who were the Spanish monarchs who finally defeated the Moors and ended the Reconquista?
- Q. When did Granada join the rest of Spain?
Q. Are Spain and Portugal allies?
Spain and Portugal are now part of the same military and economic alliances (Nato and the EU) and Portugal no longer feels threatened, at least militarily. Nevertheless, the Portuguese still mistrust Spain, epitomised in their still popular saying: ‘Neither good winds nor good marriages come from Spain’.
Q. How long was Spain ruled by the Moors?
Many writers refer to Moorish rule over Spain spanning the 800 years from 711 to 1492 yet this is a misconception. The reality is that the Berber-Hispanic Muslims inhabited two-thirds of the peninsula for 375 years, about half of it for another 160 years and finally the kingdom of Granada for the remaining 244 years.
Q. Why did Moors invade Spain?
The key point is that the motivation to invade largely Christian and Jewish Spain was based on both the wealth from the initial conquest and the wealth generated by the jizayh tax on the population.
Q. What was the purest symbol of life for the Moors?
So rare and precious in most of the Islamic world, water was the purest symbol of life to the Moors. The Alhambra is decorated with water: standing still, cascading, masking secret conversations, and drip-dropping playfully. Muslims avoid making images of living creatures — that’s God’s work.
Q. Who were the Spanish monarchs who finally defeated the Moors and ended the Reconquista?
The Reconquista began with the Battle of Covadonga about 718, when Asturias engaged the Moors, and it ended in 1492, when Ferdinand and Isabella (the Catholic Monarchs) conquered Granada.
Q. When did Granada join the rest of Spain?
In the agreement of surrender signed between the king of Granada and Ferdinand and Isabella in 1491 it was stated that Jews who were natives of Granada and its environs, and designated to be transferred to Spain, would be granted protection; those who wished to leave the country for North Africa would be given the …
