Course 5: The Swan song Al-Andalus: From the Califate to the Fall of Granada Flashcards
What happened after the breakup of the caliphate?
the taifa kingdoms
who is helping the muslim rulers to fight eachother?
the christians
how did the taifa kingdoms functionned?
as independent Muslim states, each with a city as its main economic and political center
what happened after the taifas lived a period of economic splendor?
problems caused by heavy taxes needed to fight wars againt the Christian kingdoms
the taifa kingdoms were associated to what life style?
lavish and refined
why were the almoravids called for?
to help by the last soverign king of Al-Andalus
what is new impetus?
the almoravid invasion
who invited the almoravids in IP?
the muslim Taifa princes
why did the muslim taifa princes invite the almoravids?
to defend their territories in preventing the fall of Al-Andalus to the christian kingdoms
didn’t the almoravid clerics dethrone the Taifa rules?
yes
who had a harsher version of islam?
the almoravid
who replaced the almoravids after their fall?
the almohads
which empire was for the radical islam?
the almohad empire
who founded the almohad movement?
the berber masmusa tribes of southern morocco
what did the Almohad leader force people to do ?
forced jewish and christian to convert to islam