The Iberian Roots of American Racist Thought

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Over time, Islamic immigrants invaded the territory of the Iberian Peninsula from North Africa to Yemen, Syria and Iran. Muslim rulers called the Iberian Peninsula "Andalus". This is the root of the Andalusian region's name in the southernmost region of Spain. After the collapse of the caliphate system, the Spanish rule of Islam gradually eroded by Christian rebuilders. Reconquista (Reconquest) is the process that the Catholic kingdom of northern Spain finally succeeded in conquering by defeating the Muslim nation of the Iberian Peninsula. In 1085, the first major city that fell into Catholic power was Toledo, which urged Almoravids to intervene. After the battle of Rasnabas de Tolosa in 1212, most Al Andalus was under the rule of the Catholic kingdom, but the only exception was the Nasrid dynasty in Granada, Nasrid.

Since the 8th century the Iberian Christian Kingdom began Reconquista with the aim of regaining Al Andalus from the Moors. In 1095, Papua City II was inspired by the conquest of the Spanish Christian Army and the petition of the Roman Empire to protect the Christianity in Eastern Rome, and the first crusaders from Western Europe from Essa, Antioch, Tripoli and Jerusalem I asked. . In the early days of the crusade, the Christian kingdom of Jerusalem appeared, and once dominated Jerusalem. In the next 90 years, the kingdom of Jerusalem and the other smaller crusader kingdoms formed part of Levanto's complex politics, but threatening Islamic caliphs or threatening other major powers of the region There was not. After Silk finished Fatimid rule in 1169, he united with Syria, the Crusaders faced a threat, in 1187 his nephew, Saladin occupied the majority of the area, the Crusaders had several ports Occupied.