What was the Muslim empire in Spain called?

What was the Muslim empire in Spain called?

• A. Fatimid Caliphate
• B. Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba
• C. Abbasid Caliphate
• D. al-Andalus

Answer: (D)

Al-Andalus refers to the Muslim-ruled lands of the Iberian Peninsula. After the 711 conquest, this territory existed under various rulers and dynasties over the centuries, with the Umayyads of Cordoba being a major ruling line within it. The Fatimid Caliphate and the Abbasid Caliphate were centered in North Africa and the Middle East, not in Iberia, so they aren’t the name historians use for the empire on the peninsula. The broad, traditional name for that Muslim realm in Spain is al-Andalus.

Al-Andalus refers to the Muslim-ruled lands of the Iberian Peninsula. After the 711 conquest, this territory existed under various rulers and dynasties over the centuries, with the Umayyads of Cordoba being a major ruling line within it. The Fatimid Caliphate and the Abbasid Caliphate were centered in North Africa and the Middle East, not in Iberia, so they aren’t the name historians use for the empire on the peninsula. The broad, traditional name for that Muslim realm in Spain is al-Andalus.