ena issance ▁taking ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 0 th ▁and ▁ 1 1 th ▁centuries ▁in ▁Mor oc co ▁and ▁al - And alus ▁( Sp ain ▁and ▁Portugal ▁under ▁Muslim ▁rule ). ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁major ▁figures ▁such ▁as ▁Dun ash ▁Ben ▁Lab rat ▁( po et , ▁circa ▁ 9 2 0 - 9 9 0 ), ▁Jud ah ▁ben ▁David ▁Hay y uj ▁( or ▁Ab u ▁Zak ari y ya ▁Y ah ya ; ▁grammar ian , ▁circa ▁ 9 4 5 - 1 0 1 2 ), ▁and ▁the ▁great ▁Tal m ud ist ▁Isaac ▁al - F asi ▁( 1 0 1 3 - 1 1 0 3 ) ▁were ▁all ▁born ▁or ▁spent ▁time ▁in ▁F es . ▁Ma imon ides ▁also ▁lived ▁in ▁F es ▁from ▁ 1 1 5 9 ▁to ▁ 1 1 6 5 ▁after ▁fle eing ▁al - And alus . ▁This ▁age ▁of ▁prosper ity ▁came ▁to ▁an ▁end , ▁however , ▁with ▁the ▁advent ▁of ▁Al m oh ad ▁rule ▁in ▁Mor oc co ▁and ▁Spain . ▁The ▁Al m oh ads , ▁who ▁officially ▁followed ▁the ▁radical ▁reform ist ▁ide ology ▁of ▁I bn ▁T um art , ▁abol ished ▁the ▁j iz ya ▁and ▁the ▁status ▁of ▁d him mi , ▁enfor cing ▁repr ess ive ▁measures ▁against ▁non - Mus lim s ▁and ▁other ▁re forms . ▁Jews ▁under ▁their ▁rule ▁were ▁widely ▁forced ▁to ▁convert ▁or ▁be ▁ex iled , ▁with ▁some ▁converting ▁but