HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Baghdad
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Cordoba
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London
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Constantinople
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the 9th and 10th centuries, Córdoba was Europe’s most sophisticated and cosmopolitan city. It was a place where Jews, Arabs and Christians all practised their beliefs without persecution and in which remarkable advances were made in virtually every area of human endeavour.
Detailed explanation-2: -Among European cities, Córdoba under the Caliphate, with a population of perhaps 500, 000, eventually overtook Constantinople as the largest and most prosperous city in Europe. Within the Islamic world, Córdoba was one of the leading cultural centres.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 711 Córdoba was captured and largely destroyed by the Muslims. Its recovery was impeded by tribal rivalries until ʿAbd al-Raḥmān I, a member of the Umayyad family, accepted the leadership of the Spanish Muslims and made Córdoba his capital in 756.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Muslim community in the south of Spain is growing as a result of immigration from north Africa, and due to Spaniards converting. Córdoba now has some 500 Muslims, too manyfor the city’s existing mosque.