SC - Question

[Philip & Susan Troy]

 a response to this would actually help me greatly.  My younger sister would
like a Spanish persona, more of an earlier period between 1000-1200, but I have
a hard time finding reading materials on Spain in that time period that would
not go over her head (she is 15) because of the PhD work behind them.  Can
anyone recommend books, articles, etc, especially on living, that she could
use.  i have heard some discussion on cookbooks that actually cross reference
customs on this list, and since remembering that Spain was partially islamic,
wondered about where to take a look?


> >
> The Kingdom of Jerusalem, which was very much a European kingdom, existed in
> the Middle East for about 200 years.  Sicily was an Arabic kingdom for an
> extended period, as was Cyprus.  While Islamic influence in Spain was
> largely North African, the surviving branch of the Ommyiad (check that
> spelling for me, please) Caliphate of Damascus were leaders in Andalusia.
>
> Middle Eastern and European cultures were engaged in direct confrontation
> for around a thousand years and the Europeans were interested in Islamic
> knowledge and culture, which helped trigger the Renaissance.  The
> interaction with Islamic culture from 700 to 1700 is a big piece of European
> history.
>
> Bear
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