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The 70 pages that link to Al-Andalus, each with the reason it gives.

• AlhambraNarrower topic: The Alhambra is a surviving monument of al-Andalus’s final kingdom.

• AndalusiaNarrower topic: The modern region’s name derives from this historical Muslim-ruled territory.

• Battle of ToursNarrower topic: Its governor led the northward campaign that reached Frankish lands.

• CórdobaNarrower topic: Córdoba became the principal political center of this changing territory.

• Abd al-Rahman INarrower topic: Abd al-Rahman's emirate was the independent Umayyad state within this broader region.

• Emirate of CórdobaNarrower topic: The emirate was one political form of al-Andalus, not the name of the entire region.

• Latin translations of the 12th centuryNarrower topic: Its Arabic-speaking scholarly communities and libraries helped make Arabic texts available to translators.

• Umayyad Caliphate of CórdobaNarrower topic: The caliphate was one political form taken by al-Andalus.

• Abd al-Rahman IIINarrower topic: His reign marked one of the most powerful phases in al-Andalus’s history.

• Battle of CovadongaNarrower topic: The battle took place during the early expansion of this political sphere.

• Battle of AlarcosNarrower topic: Alarcos took place amid the struggle for control of al-Andalus.

• Moorish architectureNarrower topic: Its changing courts and cities provided the Iberian setting for major architectural works.

• Al-BakriNarrower topic: Al-Bakri wrote within the scholarly culture of Muslim Iberia.

• Battle of SagrajasNarrower topic: The battle was part of the struggle over power between its Muslim rulers and northern Christian kingdoms.

• Jerez de la FronteraNarrower topic: Jerez’s Arabic-derived name and historic urban fabric reflect its centuries within Al-Andalus.

• Moroccan cuisineNarrower topic: Its political and cultural links with Morocco help explain Andalusian elements in Moroccan cuisine.

• El CidNarrower topic: His campaigns crossed political and religious boundaries within al-Andalus and Christian Iberia.

• Abd al-Mu'minNarrower topic: His campaigns brought much of Muslim Iberia under Almohad authority.

• Ibn TufaylNarrower topic: Ibn Tufayl’s career unfolded in the intellectual and political world of Muslim-ruled Iberia.

• Abbas ibn FirnasNarrower topic: This political and cultural region was Ibn Firnas’s homeland.

• Abu Bakr ibn al-ArabiNarrower topic: Its scholarly and political institutions formed the setting for his career.

• Al-QurtubiNarrower topic: Al-Qurtubi’s scholarly life began in the Andalusi intellectual world.

• Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-GhafiqiNarrower topic: Al-Ghafiqi governed this province before leading his northern campaign.

• AvempaceNarrower topic: Avempace’s life and work belonged to the intellectual culture of Muslim Iberia.

• Golden Age of Jewish Culture in SpainNarrower topic: Most of the period’s major Jewish cultural centers developed within this changing political landscape.

• History of GibraltarNarrower topic: Gibraltar’s medieval history began within the wider transformation of Iberia under Muslim rule.

• Spanish gardenNarrower topic: Andalusi architecture and water gardens strongly shaped Spain’s courtyard traditions.

• Umayyad state of CórdobaNarrower topic: The Córdoba polity became the most powerful early medieval state within al-Andalus.