HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
the Bantu migrations
|
|
|
new kingdoms in the sahel
|
|
|
the Kongo kingdom
|
|
|
a cultural bridge across the Sahara
|
Detailed explanation-1: -The Almoravids were crucial in preventing the fall of Al-Andalus (Muslim rule in Iberia) to the Iberian Christian kingdoms, when they decisively defeated a coalition of the Castilian and Aragonese armies at the Battle of Sagrajas in 1086.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Almoravids, or al-Murabitun as they called themselves, were an Islamic Berber dynasty that established an empire in Morocco and eventually took it over a wide region of Northwest Africa including modern Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, and part of Algeria.
Detailed explanation-3: -Berber; Built the Almoravid Empire in the 1000s, in Morocco. They conquered Spain and brought a sophisticated Islamic culture.
Detailed explanation-4: -Under the rule of his successor, Emir Yusuf ibn Tashfin, the Almoravids intervened in the Christian-Muslim wars in Iberia and soon conquered the southern half of that peninsula. Besides expanding through conquest, the Almoravids also sponsored arts and architecture.