Which city became part of the Islamic empire first?

Damascus
Damascus (Syria) It was the first major city of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire) to fall to the Arabs. In 661 CE, Damascus became the capital of the Islamic Empire under the rule of the Umayyad Caliphate (661-750 CE). For nearly 100 years, it was the political center of the Islamic Empire.

Who introduced Islam in Spain and when?

On April 30, 711, Muslim General Tariq ibn-Ziyad landed at Gibraltar and by the end of the campaign most of the Iberian Peninsula (except for small areas in the north-west such as Asturias and the Basque territory) were brought under Islamic rule.

Did the Islamic empire spread to Spain?

Over a period of a few hundred years, Islam spread from its place of origin in the Arabian Peninsula all the way to modern Spain in the west and northern India in the east.

What time period was the Islamic empire?

The Islamic Golden Age (Arabic: العصر الذهبي للإسلام‎, romanized: al-‘asr al-dhahabi lil-islam), was a period of cultural, economic, and scientific flourishing in the history of Islam, traditionally dated from the 8th century to the 14th century.

How many years did the Arabs occupy Spain?

It’s popularly said that the Islamic occupation of the Iberian peninsula lasted for 800 years. While it may technically true in that there were Arabs on what is now Spanish soil all of that time, the Caliphate that was established there was always in flux.

What kind of religion did the Muslims have in Spain?

Islamic Spain was a multi-cultural mix of Muslims, Christians and Jews. It brought a degree of civilisation to Europe that matched the heights of the Roman Empire and the Italian Renaissance. Islamic Spain was a multi-cultural mix of the people of three great monotheistic religions: Muslims, Christians, and Jews.

When did Islam come to the Iberian Peninsula?

It brought a degree of civilisation to Europe that matched the heights of the Roman Empire and the Italian Renaissance. In 711 Muslim forces invaded and in seven years conquered the Iberian peninsula. It became one of the great Muslim civilisations; reaching its summit with the Umayyad caliphate of Cordovain the tenth century.

Who was the first Muslim ruler of Spain?

In 705 al-Walīd I, the sixth caliph of the Umayyad dynasty, the first great Muslim dynasty centred in Damascus, appointed Mūsā ibn Nuṣayr governor in the west; Mūsā annexed all of North Africa as far as Tangier (Ṭanjah) and made progress in the difficult task of propagating Islam among the Imazighen.

When did the Catholic Kingdom of Spain conquer the Muslims?

The Reconquista (Reconquest) was the process by which the Catholic Kingdoms of northern Spain eventually managed to succeed in defeating and conquering the Muslim states of the Iberian Peninsula. The first major city to fall to Catholic powers was Toledo in 1085, which prompted the intervention of Almoravids.