Al Andalus

Question	Answer
Emirate	It is a province of a caliphate; governed by an emir or governor
Kora,	It is a province of the Muslim Empire
Roderic	He was the last king of the Visigothic kingdom
Suebi	Gemanic tribe. They invaded the Iberian Peninsula in te 5th century and created a kingdom in the Roman province of the Gallaecia ( Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula )
Wittiza	Visigoth king of the Iberian peninsula. He was the predecessor of Roderic
Musa	Islamic governor of Iffriquiya. The Islamic province in the North of Africa. He ruled the islamic invasion of the Iberian peninsula.
Tariq	Musa´s lieutenant. He was the leader of the Muslim invasion of the Iberian peninsula
Berebers	Inhabitants from the highlands of northern Africa
Guadalete	Battle where Roderic, the last Visigoth king, was defeated by the Muslims.
Umayyad	Islamic dynasty that ruled Muslim Empire from 661 to 750
Abbassid	Muslim dynasty, ruled much of the Muslim Empire from AD 750-1258 from their capital at Bagdad.
Al- Andalus	A Muslim-ruled region in Iberian Peninsula established by the arabs from the eighth century A.D. to the 15th century. It is meant land of Vandals.
Abd al Rahman I	Umayyad person who created a dinasty in AlAndalus independent from tha Abbassid caliphate.
Abd al Rahman III	The grandson of Abd Al Rahman I. He centralized Al Andalus and established a strong government in Cordova. He created a new caliphate in Al Andalus. This period is the Golden Age of Añ Andalus.
Al Hakam II	The son of Abd al Rahman III . He continued with the splendor and powerfullness of Al Andalus from 961 to 976
Hisham II	The grandson of Abd al Rahman III. The decline of Al Andalus started with him.The government in his caliohate was given to Al Mansur.
Al Mansur	Great islamic warrior in Al Andalus.He was the Hayib of Hisham II and fought against the Christiand very succesfully.
Taifas	They were independent Muslim kigdoms on the iberian peninsula. Generally they were small and weak states
Almoravids	A puritanical reformist movement among the Islamic Berber tribes of northern Africa. They createda vaste Empire from the Northern Africa to the Iberian Peninsula
Almohads	Islamic group that overthrew the Almoravids in the 12th century. They were expelled from the Iberian Peninsula in the 13th century.
Madinat al Zahra	Capital of Abd al Rahman III he was considered the most beautiful city of the 10th century.
Nasrid Kingdom	The last Muslim kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula . Its capital was Granada . It was conquered by the Catholic Monarch in the 15th century.
Dinar	Islamic gold coin
Dirhem	Islamic silver coin
Arabs	Ethnic group from Arabia. They were the dominat group in the Iberian Peninsula
Berbers	Ethnic group from the northern Africa. They were settled in the mountains of the South of the Iberia Peninsula.
Muladis	They were former Christians converted to Islam in the Iberian Peninsula
Mozarabs	They were Christians people that continued to be Christians in Muslim lands
Medina	It is the town centre in the Islamic city
Alcazaba	It is a frotress in a Islamic city
Averroes	Muslim philosopher. He lived in Cordova
Maimonides	A Jewish philosopher in Cordoba, who organized a collection of Jewish oral law.
Ibn Hazm	Muslim poet from Al Andalus

Emirate

It is a province of a caliphate; governed by an emir or governor

Kora,

It is a province of the Muslim Empire

Roderic

He was the last king of the Visigothic kingdom

Suebi

Gemanic tribe. They invaded the Iberian Peninsula in te 5th century and created a kingdom in the Roman province of the Gallaecia ( Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula )

Wittiza

Visigoth king of the Iberian peninsula. He was the predecessor of Roderic

Musa

Islamic governor of Iffriquiya. The Islamic province in the North of Africa. He ruled the islamic invasion of the Iberian peninsula.

Tariq

Musa´s lieutenant. He was the leader of the Muslim invasion of the Iberian peninsula

Berebers

Inhabitants from the highlands of northern Africa

Guadalete

Battle where Roderic, the last Visigoth king, was defeated by the Muslims.

Umayyad

Islamic dynasty that ruled Muslim Empire from 661 to 750

Abbassid

Muslim dynasty, ruled much of the Muslim Empire from AD 750-1258 from their capital at Bagdad.

Al- Andalus

A Muslim-ruled region in Iberian Peninsula established by the arabs from the eighth century A.D. to the 15th century. It is meant land of Vandals.

Abd al Rahman I

Umayyad person who created a dinasty in AlAndalus independent from tha Abbassid caliphate.

Abd al Rahman III

The grandson of Abd Al Rahman I. He centralized Al Andalus and established a strong government in Cordova. He created a new caliphate in Al Andalus. This period is the Golden Age of Añ Andalus.

Al Hakam II

The son of Abd al Rahman III . He continued with the splendor and powerfullness of Al Andalus from 961 to 976

Hisham II

The grandson of Abd al Rahman III. The decline of Al Andalus started with him.The government in his caliohate was given to Al Mansur.

Al Mansur

Great islamic warrior in Al Andalus.He was the Hayib of Hisham II and fought against the Christiand very succesfully.

Taifas

They were independent Muslim kigdoms on the iberian peninsula. Generally they were small and weak states

Almoravids

A puritanical reformist movement among the Islamic Berber tribes of northern Africa. They createda vaste Empire from the Northern Africa to the Iberian Peninsula

Almohads

Islamic group that overthrew the Almoravids in the 12th century. They were expelled from the Iberian Peninsula in the 13th century.

Madinat al Zahra

Capital of Abd al Rahman III he was considered the most beautiful city of the 10th century.

Nasrid Kingdom

The last Muslim kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula . Its capital was Granada . It was conquered by the Catholic Monarch in the 15th century.

Dinar

Islamic gold coin

Dirhem

Islamic silver coin

Arabs

Ethnic group from Arabia. They were the dominat group in the Iberian Peninsula

Berbers

Ethnic group from the northern Africa. They were settled in the mountains of the South of the Iberia Peninsula.

Muladis

They were former Christians converted to Islam in the Iberian Peninsula

Mozarabs

They were Christians people that continued to be Christians in Muslim lands

Medina

It is the town centre in the Islamic city

Alcazaba

It is a frotress in a Islamic city

Averroes

Muslim philosopher. He lived in Cordova

Maimonides

A Jewish philosopher in Cordoba, who organized a collection of Jewish oral law.

Ibn Hazm

Muslim poet from Al Andalus

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