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    Cover of Moorish Spain

    Moorish Spain

    Richard Fletcher · 2006

    Religion & SpiritualityHistory
    Open LibraryAmazon
    Stats for nerds
    2recommend
    2mentions
    2people
    2020–2023years
    100% recommend

    Mentions per year

    2020202120222023

    What Hacker News says

    1. 100kSep 2023
      I got interested in Al-Andalus when I visited Tarragona, where the Moors pushed out the Visigoths and ruled for 400 years. A short book I recommend is Moorish Spain by Richard Fletcher (https://www.amazon.com/Moorish-Spain-Richard-Fletcher/dp/052...). It's a quick and engaging read covering the conquest and slow rollback of Muslim rule.
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    2. iamacyborgMay 2020
      I read these on holiday in Morroco a couple years ago and thoroughly enjoyed them. Not necessarily the correct period so I'm open to see other people's suggestions too.

      * https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/878061.Moorish_Spain

      * https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/336859.The_Golden_Trade_...

      * https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4398835-the-berbers-and-...

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