<P> From the 8th -- 15th centuries , only the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula was part of the Islamic world . It became a center of culture and learning , especially during the Caliphate of Córdoba , which reached its height of its power under the rule of Abd - ar - Rahman III and his successor al - Hakam II . The Muslims , who were initially Arabs and Berbers , included some local converts , the so - called Muladi . The Muslims were referred to by the generic name , Moors The Reconquista gained momentum on c. 718 , when the Christian Asturians opposed the Moors . The southern march to push out the Muslims continued for three hundred years . For another four hundred years , only the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula was transformed into a Romance - speaking and Arabic - speaking Muslim land , along with pockets of a large minority of Arabic - speaking Sephardi Jews . </P>
<P> From the 8th -- 15th centuries , only the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula was part of the Islamic world . It became a center of culture and learning , especially during the Caliphate of Córdoba , which reached its height of its power under the rule of Abd - ar - Rahman III and his successor al - Hakam II . The Muslims , who were initially Arabs and Berbers , included some local converts , the so - called Muladi . The Muslims were referred to by the generic name , Moors The Reconquista gained momentum on c. 718 , when the Christian Asturians opposed the Moors . The southern march to push out the Muslims continued for three hundred years . For another four hundred years , only the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula was transformed into a Romance - speaking and Arabic - speaking Muslim land , along with pockets of a large minority of Arabic - speaking Sephardi Jews . </P>
who invaded the iberian peninsula and lived there for eight centuries
who invaded the iberian peninsula and lived there for eight centuries
Muslims
Muslims