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Yes, in Shakespearean times, 'Moor" referred to any non-white Muslim of any origin.
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Moors are nomadic people of the northern shores of Africa, originally the inhabitants of Mauretania. They were chiefly of Berber and Arab descent. Most of them are Muslims.
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What Muslim group was expelled from Spain in the 15th century?
Spain expelled the Muslim Moors in the 15th century.
What is a Muslim called who is of mixed Berber and Arab descent who lives in Northwest Africa and starts with an M?
Moors include Muslim people of mixed Berber and Arab descent who live in Northwest Africa.
Much of the impetus for spanish exploration and pursuit of glory in the early 1500s came from spain's recent?
national unification and expulsion of the Muslim Moors. The year when the Muslim Moors finally fell after a ten year siege to the Spanish was the same year Christopher Columbus sighted America.
Which group settled in north Africa before the arrvial of the Muslim Arabs?
it is ether: Bantu Kurds Moors Berbers
What three major religions were apart of Spain before the Reconquista?
Muslim, Christian, and Jewish, the Moors were very tolerant.
Who did spanish christians try to drive out of their land?
The Spanish Christians try to dive the Muslims out of their land.
Why did Spain refuse to fund Columbus voyage at first?
They were busy fighting the moors (Muslim's from morocco). But after they drove all of them out.
Where did the Muslim Moors from Africa settle in Europe?
The Amazigh (derisively called Moors) settled primarily in Spain and Portugal until they were ejected from Spain by Queen Isabella of Castille in 1492 and somewhat later from Portugal.
What invaders conquered Spain 1300 years agoWhat invaders conquered Spain 1300 years ago?
The Muslim Moors
Where did most of the impetus for spanish exploration and the pursuit of glory in the early 1500s come from?
national unification and expulsion of the Muslim moors
Whose rule in Spain ended in 1002?
What events resulted in an increase of trade between Europe and Asia
What group came from African to live in Spain?
The (Muslim) Moors, who went on to rule most of Spain from the 6th to around the 13th century.
