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History Al-Andalus — Islamic Spain

Eight centuries of Muslim rule in Iberia: Cordoba, convivencia, architecture, scholarship, and the Reconquista.

History Al-Andalus: Muslim Spain and Its Legacy

The rise, flourishing, and fall of Islamic civilization on the Iberian Peninsula, spanning nearly 800 years of cultural exchange.

Science Al-Zahrawi: The Father of Modern Surgery

The Andalusian physician who wrote al-Tasrif, a 30-volume medical encyc...

History The Reconquista and the Fall of Granada

The centuries-long Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula and the end of Muslim rule in Spain in 1492 CE.

History The Caliphate of Cordoba: A Center of Learning

The intellectual flourishing of Muslim Spain, the Great Mosque of Cordoba, the library of al-Hakam II, and the cultural exchange between Muslims, Christians, an

History Ibn Hazm: The Andalusian Polymath

The scholar of Cordoba who authored works on theology, jurisprudence, comparative religion, and love, and founded the Zahiri school's most systematic articulati

History Abbas ibn Firnas: The Pioneer of Flight

The 9th-century Andalusian polymath who made one of the earliest known attempts at ...

History Ibn Rushd (Averroes): Bridging Islam and Greek Philosophy

The Andalusian philosopher, jurist, and physician whose commentaries on...