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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The name applied to the portions of the Iberian Peninsula under Moorish control between the years 711 and 1492, especially the region corresponding roughly with present-day Andalusia in southern Spain. During the period of Moorish rule, al-Andalus experienced a cultural flowering, contributing significantly to the scientific and artistic development of medieval Europe.
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It resulted in the Golden Age of al-Andalus, and a society much more advanced than most of the rest of Europe.
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To give a personal example, when I was living in Israel during the 2008-2009 academic year, I wrote an article for Sightings that cited the extended period of tolerance in al-Andalus (often known as "Muslim Spain" -- the parts of the Iberian Peninsula controlled from 711 until 1492 by a series of Muslim groups) as a historical example of coexistence from which we can draw for inspiration.
Joshua Stanton: Cyber Dialogue: The Future of Interreligious Engagement 2010
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To give a personal example, when I was living in Israel during the 2008-2009 academic year, I wrote an article for Sightings that cited the extended period of tolerance in al-Andalus (often known as "Muslim Spain" -- the parts of the Iberian Peninsula controlled from 711 until 1492 by a series of Muslim groups) as a historical example of coexistence from which we can draw for inspiration.
Joshua Stanton: Cyber Dialogue: The Future of Interreligious Engagement 2010
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To give a personal example, when I was living in Israel during the 2008-2009 academic year, I wrote an article for Sightings that cited the extended period of tolerance in al-Andalus (often known as "Muslim Spain" -- the parts of the Iberian Peninsula controlled from 711 until 1492 by a series of Muslim groups) as a historical example of coexistence from which we can draw for inspiration.
Joshua Stanton: Cyber Dialogue: The Future of Interreligious Engagement 2010
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To give a personal example, when I was living in Israel during the 2008-2009 academic year, I wrote an article for Sightings that cited the extended period of tolerance in al-Andalus (often known as "Muslim Spain" -- the parts of the Iberian Peninsula controlled from 711 until 1492 by a series of Muslim groups) as a historical example of coexistence from which we can draw for inspiration.
Joshua Stanton: Cyber Dialogue: The Future of Interreligious Engagement 2010
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It resulted in the Golden Age of al-Andalus, and a society much more advanced than most of the rest of Europe.
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The very definition of the word "Sephardic" has taken on a European gloss when in reality it was first and foremost part of the Arabic civilization of al-Andalus.
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To give a personal example, when I was living in Israel during the 2008-2009 academic year, I wrote an article for Sightings that cited the extended period of tolerance in al-Andalus (often known as "Muslim Spain" -- the parts of the Iberian Peninsula controlled from 711 until 1492 by a series of Muslim groups) as a historical example of coexistence from which we can draw for inspiration.
Joshua Stanton: Cyber Dialogue: The Future of Interreligious Engagement 2010
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Its impact on Jewish history is on par with that of Medieval Spain and al-Andalus, and even in some respects the period of the great Talmudic academies in Baghdad.
Joshua Stanton: The People of the Book Teach History Online 2010
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To give a personal example, when I was living in Israel during the 2008-2009 academic year, I wrote an article for Sightings that cited the extended period of tolerance in al-Andalus (often known as "Muslim Spain" -- the parts of the Iberian Peninsula controlled from 711 until 1492 by a series of Muslim groups) as a historical example of coexistence from which we can draw for inspiration.
Joshua Stanton: Cyber Dialogue: The Future of Interreligious Engagement 2010
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