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Muslims entered Iberia in 711
622 is the Hijra, not the conquest
756 is the emirate's year, not conquest
1085 is Toledo's fall
from 711 to 1492, eight centuries
a century is far less
four is half the span
ten is more than eight
Cordoba was Umayyad al-Andalus's capital
Seville was a later seat
Granada was the last capital
Toledo was a pre-Islamic city
the caliphate broke into small kingdoms
Andalusi, not Ottoman
after the caliphate, not old
Muslim, not Roman
Almoravids then Almohads from Morocco
Ottomans ruled the East, not al-Andalus
Fatimids ruled Egypt, not al-Andalus
Seljuks ruled the East
Tariq ibn Ziyad led the army across the strait
Musa followed Tariq, did not lead
Abd al-Rahman was emir after the conquest
Yusuf was Almoravid centuries later
'Tariq's mountain' for the conquest leader
the Bosporus is Istanbul's, not here
Hormuz is in the Gulf
Bab al-Mandab is south of the Red Sea
al-Andalus's last kingdom fell in 1492
1212 was Las Navas, not the fall
1085 is Toledo's year
1517 is after its fall
Muslims, Christians and Jews lived side by side
shared living, not just wars
togetherness, not isolation
three faiths, not one
monuments like the Alhambra, learning, coexistence
it left much
a civilisation, not wars
monuments and learning, not maps
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