Moors

:For the terrain type, see: Heath (habitat). For the figure in heraldry, see Maure. For the archaic racial category see Moors (race).

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The Moors were the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus (the Iberian Peninsula including the present day Spain and Portugal) and the Maghreb, whose culture is often called "Moorish".

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The name derives from the old Berber tribe of the Mauri and their kingdom, Mauretania, which became a Roman province after its last king Bocchus II willed it to Octavian in 33 BC. Mauretania lay in present day Morocco and Western Algeria and must not be confused with the country of Mauritania, more on the south. The name of Mauri was applied by the Romans to all Africa natives of North Africa still ruled by their own chiefs, until the 3rd century AD. The Muslim conquest of Iberia was undertaken by Arab "Moors"caliphates. The Arab Umayyad dynasty of Damascus was transplanted to Muslim Spain and was responsible for the incorporation of much of the culture and architecture from the old Umayyad capital. The soldiery of the first wave of invasions was derived predominantly from Berber peoples of North Africa.

Heath (habitat): Heaths are anthropogenic habitats found primarily in northern and western Europe, where they have been created by thousands of years of human clearance of natural forest vegetation by grazing and burning on mainly infertile acidic soils. They subdivide into two broad categories depending on climate,...

Heraldry: Heraldry is the science and art of describing coats-of-arms, also referred to as achievements or armorial bearings. Its origins lie in the need to distinguish participants in battles or jousts and to describe the various devices they carried or painted on their shields....

Maure: This article is about the Maure symbol. For the French department, please see Maure, Pyr?n?es-Atlantiques....

Moors related Images and Photos (experimental)

Moors Fighting	Yorkshire Moors	Setters on the Moors	By LNER to the Moors 1923-1947
The Expulsion of the Moors	Alphonso of Aragon Leads an Army Against the Moors	Sir James Douglas Taking Bruce's Heart to the Holy Land is Diverted to Fight the Moors Near Granada