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Projects * Cities of Light:The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain

 
 
Over a thousand years ago, the sun-washed land of southern Spain was was home to Jews, Christians, and Muslims, living together and flourishing. Their culture and beliefs interwined, and the knolwedge of the ancients was gathered and reborn. Here were the very seeds of the Renaissance.

 
· The Cordoba Mosque
· Ziryab
· Alfonso: The Learned King

 
· The Abrahamic Faiths
· Islamic Spain: What's for breakfast?
· Timelins

 
 
 
   

Cities Of Light:
The Rise And Fall of
Islamic Spain
 



 
 
  Astronomy  
  Music  
  Calligraphy  
  Medicine  
 
 
 
 
An interactive look at how many items in our daily lives originated in Medieval Spain under Muslim rule.