HIST-338 Lecture 2: Al-Andalus
28 Nov 2020
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In 711 the iberian peninsula became part of the islamic world. The umayyad dynasty had seized control of the caliphate earlier. Under the umayyad caliphs, the islamic iberia would take shape. Only 40 years after 711, the umayyad caliphs were overthrown by the abbasid dynasty. They were unable to hold the entirety of the umayyad realms. New rulers emerged in north africa, egypt, and central asia. Al-andalus is a part of the wider history of islam: umayyad andalucia. At the fullest extent, the umayyad caliphate controlled many territories and resources. The boundaries surpassed empires: frontiers shifted back and forth between byzantine and anatolia and umayyad syria. To the east, the message of the prophet (pbuh) had reached the indus valley. The entire mediterranean coast of levant, egypt and north africa came under their control. Controlling the iberian peninsula secured access to trade routes and economic advantages. Iberia or hispania, spain, itself had successive waves of migration over centuries.
