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Article: Moorish Empire Became One of World's Finest Civilizations
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- Los Angeles Sentinel
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- March 1, 1995
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Leroy Vaughn
Los Angeles Sentinel
03-01-1995
Moorish Empire Became One of World's Finest Civilizations.
During the European Dark Ages, between the 7th and 14th century A.D., the Moorish empire in Spain became one of the world's finest civilizations.
General Tarik and his black Moorish army from Morocco conquered Spain after a weeklong battle with King Roderick in 711 A.D. (The word "tariff" and the rock of Gibraltar was named after him.)
They found that Europe, with the assistance of the Catholic Church, had returned almost to complete barbarism.
The population was 90 percent illiterate and had lost all of the civilizing principals that were passed on by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
The Moors ...