The document summarizes Spain in the Middle Ages, including the arrival of the Visigoths who conquered Hispania and adopted Roman laws and Latin, the Muslim conquest of Al-Andalus led by the Umayyad Caliphate based in Cordoba, and the subsequent Reconquista by Christian kingdoms over several centuries to drive the Moors from the Iberian Peninsula, culminating in the fall of Granada in 1492.

1. SPAIN IN THE MIDDLE
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SUMMARY.

2. The Visigoths.
 They came to Roman Hispania to
conquer it.
 They learned to speak latin and they
adopted the Roman laws.
 The capital was Toledo.
 Society was divided into kings,nobles,
bishops and farmers.
 King Recaredo converted the
Visigoths into Catholicism.

3. Al Andalus.
 Muslims came from the North of Africa.
 The prophet is called Mohammed.
 They believe ind a god name Allah.
 They had a sacred book called The
Koran.
 Muslims conquered part of the Iberian
Peninsula at Guadalete´s battle.
 They were ruled by the caliph.
 The capital was Cordoba

4. Al Andalu´s life.
 Society was divided into merchants, peasants
, the emir and the governor.
 The governor lived in the alcazaba.
 They traded in the souk but lived in the
medina.
 They prayed in the mosque.
 They used irrigation and the raised animals.
 People spoke Arabic.
 Important buildings (Alhambra, Mezquita de
Cordoba…)

5. Christian kingdoms
 Most people lived in the countryside.
 Society was divided into : nobles,
clergy, and peasants.
 They spoke Spanish, Portuguese.
Catalán and Galician.
 They defeated the Muslims in 722
during Covadonga´s battle.
 There were artisans such us millers,
blacksmiths and soldiers

6. The Reconquista.
 That was a process in which
Christians re-conquered Al Andalus
lands.
 The last muslim kingdom was the
Kingdom of Granada.
 The King Don Pelayo of Asturias was
the leader of the first attacks the
muslims.
 The Catholic Kings conquered
Granada from the Muslims in 1492

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