Moorish
121ALHAMBRA, GRANADA — While the Great Mosque of Cordoba, begun in 785, signals the advent of Muslim power on the Iberian Peninsula, the Alhambra Palace complex, built in Granada from 1354 to 1391, was the seat of the last great Moorish dynasty in Spain. Muslim… …
122Morisco — Mo*ris co, n. [Sp. morisco Moorish.] A thing of Moorish origin; as: (a) The Moorish language. (b) A Moorish dance, now called {morris dance}. Marston. (c) One who dances the Moorish dance. Shak. (d) Moresque decoration or architecture. [1913… …
123morris dance — Morisco Mo*ris co, n. [Sp. morisco Moorish.] A thing of Moorish origin; as: (a) The Moorish language. (b) A Moorish dance, now called {morris dance}. Marston. (c) One who dances the Moorish dance. Shak. (d) Moresque decoration or architecture.… …
124Music of Spain — The classical guitar originated from southern Spain The Music of Spain has a long history and has played an important part in the development of western music. It has had a particularly strong influence upon Latin American music. The music of… …
125Morisco — For the Portuguese wine grape, see Mourisco (grape). Moriscos (Spanish: [moˈɾiskos], Catalan: [muˈɾiskus]) or Mouriscos (Portuguese: [moˈɾiʃkuʃ], Galician: [mowˈɾiskos]), meaning Moorish , were the converted Christian… …
126Wallace Fard Muhammad — Photograph of Wallace Fard Muhammad Leader of the Nation of Islam In office 1929–1934 Succeeded by …
127Islamic Golden Age — The Islamic Golden Age, also sometimes known as the Islamic Renaissance, [Joel L. Kraemer (1992), Humanism in the Renaissance of Islam , p. 1 148, Brill Publishers, ISBN 9004072594.] was traditionally dated from the 8th century to the 13th… …
128Sacavém — Infobox Settlement name =Sacavém official name = other name = native name = nickname = settlement type = total type = motto = imagesize = image caption = flag size = image seal size = image shield = LRS sacavem.png shield size = image blank… …
