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Are Moors Gypsies?
No, “moorish” people come from North Africa like Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria. The Gypsies were a group that came from North Western India and traveled through Europe like Romania, Hungary, France, and then Spain.
Who were the Moors?
The term Moor is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages. The Moors initially were the indigenous Maghrebine Berbers. The name was later also applied to Arabs and Arabized Iberians.
What is an example of Moorish architecture in Spain?
Moorish architecture is the articulated Islamic architecture of northern Africa and parts of Spain and Portugal, where the Moors were dominant between 711 and 1492. The best surviving examples of this architectural tradition are the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba and the Alhambra in Granada (mainly 1338–1390),…
What are the gypsies called in Spain?
Today, it is customary to refer to Gypsies as the “Rom” or “Roma” people. This term refers to recent (100 years or so ago) immigration of Gypsies from Eastern Europe, and groups who had been in Spain longer called themselves other names.
What happened to the Moorish kingdom of Granada?
The Moorish Kingdom of Granada continued for three more centuries in southern Iberia. On 2 January 1492, the leader of the last Muslim stronghold in Granada surrendered to the armies of a recently united Christian Spain (after the marriage of Ferdinand II of Aragón and Isabella I of Castile, the “Catholic Monarchs”).
What was the ruling religion of the Moorish empire?
With exception of the ruling class the “Moorish Empire” was all about equality, and giving the people equal opportunities to rise. Christians, Muslims, and Jews all existed together in Moorish Spain, But “Islam” was the main ruling religion.