Explore the rapid expansion of Islamic empires from Arabia to Europe, Africa, and Asia between the 7th and 9th centuries, and their lasting impact on global history.

Founded by the Romans, the city was later ruled by the Visigoths and then became the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate and Europe's second-largest city by the 10th century.

The city later saw many Muslim rulers until the arrival of an Umayyad prince, Abdul Rehman I, in 756. He became the new ruler of Spain and the founder of the Umayyad dynasty in the Iberian peninsula.

Mr Moreno said his latest book was on caliphate of Cordoba. In The Court of the Caliphate of al-Andalus; Four Years in Umayyad Córdoba, he tried to show the extent of things that people knew ...

Memories of Colonisation in Medieval and Modern Castile: Rereading and Refashioning al-Andalus ...

Umayyad Caliphate The first Islamic Caliphate, established following the death of Prophet Muhammad in 632 AD, the Umayyad dynasty spanned over a massive 4 million square miles, making the empire ...

The taifas’ kingdoms in the year 1031. Credit: Wilfredor / Wikimedia Commons The fact is that Mujahid took advantage of that confusing period, known as the Fitna of al-Andalus (the civil war that ...

Cordoba Cordoba, the seat of the illustrious Umayyad emirate and jewel of Andalusia, was a unique hub where commerce, religion and culture thrived. At its peak, the city was a bustling metropolis, ...

Al-Andalus, the lands of the Iberian Peninsula under Muslim rule, had broken away from the Caliphate shortly after the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyad dynasty, yonder in Damascus, back in 750.