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It´s a heroic poem based on the Battle of Roncesvalles in 778, during the reign of Charlemagne
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His family, along with most other Jews, chose exile, after Almohads conquered Córdoba in 1148 and threatened the Jewish and Christian communities with the choice of conversion to Islam, death, or exile
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It´s a centuries-long period in the Middle Ages in which several Christian kingdoms succeeded in conquering the Iberian Peninsula from the Islamic kingdoms collectively known as Al-Andalus.
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In 711, a force of invading Arabs and Berbers defeated them in the Battle of Guadalete
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Berber confederation that created an Islamic empire in North Africa and Spain (1130–1269)
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It means \"the Red\" in Arabic, probably because of the red color of the bricks
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It´s a distinctive architectural feature of Islamic mosques
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The dynasty of Granada (r. 1232-1492) that was founded by Muhammad al-Ghalib in the mountainous regions at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula
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Was the last outpost of the Moorish forces and its fall brought an end to 780 years of Muslim control in Islamic Iberia
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A monotheistic religion characterized by the acceptance of the doctrine of submission to God and to Muhammad as the chief and last prophet of God
