IBERIAN PENINSULA ( 8th - 11 th C)
AL-ANDALUS
The Muslim
territories on the Iberian Peninsula.
APRISIO
The granting
of land to Christian settlers in an are anear the frontier with Al-Andalus.
ARABS
The
Arabic-speaking inhabitants of the Arabian Peninsula who led Muslim expansion
in the 7 th century.
BERBERS
The
inhabitants of Nort Africa who became Muslims after the Arab conquest of the 7
th century.
CHARTER
A body of laws
and privileges.
DINAR
A gold coin
that was used as currency in the Muslim world.
DIRHAM
A silver coin that was used as currency in the
Muslim world.
DOME
The upper part
of a building or structure shaped like a half-sphere.
EMIR
The ruler of a
Muslim province calle dan Emirate.
FUERO
A charter ( a
body of laws and privileges) that was granted by a monarch, for example to new
cities.
MIDDLE AGES
The historical
period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance. It is divided
into the Early Middle Ages (5 th – 10 th centuries), the High Middle Ages (11
th – 13 th centuries) and the Late Middle Ages (14 h- 15 th centuries).
MINARET
A tower in a
Muslim mosque.
MOSQUE
A Muslim place
of worship .
MOZARAB
The Christian
inhabitant of a Muslim part of the Iberian Peninsula .
MULADI
The inhabitant
of a conquered part of the Iberian pennsula who converted o Islam.
PARIA
A type of
tribute that the Iberian Muslim Kingdoms paid to the Christian kingdoms.
QUIBLA
A wall in a
Muslim mosquefacing towards Mecca.
RECONQUEST
The recovery
of territory from Al-Andalus by Christian armies between the 8 th and 15 th
centuries. This became known as the Reconquista n Spanish..
SYNAGOGUE
Holy place of
worship in the Jewish religion.
TAIFA
A small,
independent Muslim kingdom on the Iberian peninsula.
TRADE ROUTE
A network of
cities, rivers and roads where merchants travelled..
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