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It’s allways fascinating what a crime novelist with a degree in islamic history has to say about Spain.
by pmarin 7y ago
It’s allways fascinating what a crime novelist with a degree in islamic history has to say about Spain.
- bitcurious 7y agoI can’t tell if you mean to be dismissive, but if you are you should know that the south of Spain was under Islamic rule for good deal of time, so the Islamic history degree provides a lot of insight into modern Spain.
- narag 7y agoActually, not that much. Recent genetical studies have shown that almost nobody got left behind after the fall of Granada. We that were born in the South were said to be half Moors. But historical records, and now genetics, said that muslim inhabitants of Al Andalus fled in mass in 1492 to North Africa. South Andalusia was mostly repopulated with people from nothern kingdoms. Of course there's much cultural osmosis and there was muslim population left behind, just not in Andalusia.
- pmarin 7y agoI born and live in Granada.
- vixen99 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Granada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Granada
- harperlee 7y agoPretty sure he knows about that already. This is integral part of our history, they were there for about a thousand years, and particularly Granada was the last place to be freed and its main touristic landmark, the Alhambra, is an islamic palace.
- switch007 7y agoBeautiful city! The Alhambra is mind-blowing. The food, the music... ahh!
- spanxx 7y agoDo current US-citizens have any kind of heritage of Native Americans?