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caliphate of córdoba

2A TEAM 4:Adrián, Mila y Maribel.

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political factors

There are three stages:

929-976:IN 929 ABD-AL RAHMAN III PROCLAIMED THE CALIPHATE OF CÓRDOBA AND SEPARATED FROM ABBASID CALIPHATE. THIS STAGE WAS THE BEST IN ECONOMY AND TERRITORY:

It was organized in three political positions:

  • Visir: political advisors of a monarch
  • Emir: governor of a province.
  • Hayib: Prime Minister

976-1002: AL-MANSUR REMOVE HISHAM II FROM THE MIDDLE AND PROCLAIMED HIMSELF THE GOVERNOR OF AL-ANDALUS. AL-MANSUR RAIDS AGAINST CHRISTIANS KINGDOMS FROM THE NORTH OF IBERIAN PENINSULA:

  • Caliph: Hisham II
  • Hayib: Al-Mansur

1002-1031: Al-Mansur and Hisham II died and Al-Andalus separate in 26 kingdoms of Taifas.

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economic factors

farming; In any caA souq is the denomination that is given in Castilian to the traditional markets of the Arab countriesse agriculture was also of vital importance.

Cattle raising: From the point of view of animal husbandry, the animals that were most abundant in al-Andalus were the sheep and the goat, not forgetting the horses, essential for war, and the mules used for hauling

Mining: Mining was also a major activity, with iron, lead, cinnabar, copper and tin being the main products extracted.

Trade: Trade was a well-regarded activity in the Islamic world.

Handicrafts: The first line of artisanal production of al-Andalus was thA

souq: is the denomination that is given in Castilian to the traditional markets of the Arab countries

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ECONOMIC FACTORS 2

The Caliphate maintained relations with the Byzantine Empire of Constantino VII and Cordoban emissaries were present in Constantinople. The power of the Caliphate also extended towards the north, and by 950 the Holy Roman Empire exchanged ambassadors with Cordoba, which is evidence of the protest for Muslim piracy practiced from Fraxinetum and the eastern island of al-Andalus.

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social factors

The Arabs and the Berbers are the conquerors. The Arabs have the best land and are the government. The Berbers have less privileges than the Arabs and the rest of the population.

Jews

Berebers

arabs

muladis

(muslins)

mozarabs

(chistia)

conquerors

rest

of

population

best land and government

less privileges

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art and culture

ISLAMIC ART

architecture

Elements

Materials

Decoration

-Columns

-Pilars

-Arcs

1.Horseshoe

2.multifoil

3.Califal

  • Calligraphy
  • Geometric

-Poors:

bricks, cast.

-Rich:

stone

This is one of the most important buildings that our Muslim ancestors left in the Iberian peninsula, the Mosque of Cordoba, its arches are horseshoe and its function was religious.

To the right another one of the most important buildings declared patrimony of the humanity, The Alhambra of Granada, that inside contains the Nasrid palace of the alhambra