VOCABULARY UNIT 5

1. Ummayad: it was a caliphate which ruled al-andalus.
2. Caliphate of Damascus: it's the main goverment which ruled all the territories.
3. Caliphate of Cordoba: it was the most brillant period of al-andalus.
4. Al-Andalus: it was the name of the territories conquered by the muslims.
5. Jews: they are a group of people who played a significant role in the economy.
6. Emirate: it was a territorie ruled by a emir under the Ummayad Caliphate of Damascus.
7. Emir: he was the person goverment the emirate.
8. Walis: they controlled the provinces ther were employees of the caliph.
9. Visir: he was the minister.
10. Hayib: he was the primer ministre.
11. Raids: there were attacks sent by the al-mansur to the christians.
12. Taifas: they was small kingdoms formed after al-mansur died
13. Parias: they were taxes which were paid by the muslims to the christians.
14. Almoravids: they were berber warriors from North Africa they went to the Iberian Peninsula to stop the christian advance.
15. Almohads: they were also berbers came to power in 1147.
16. Battle of Navas de Tolosa: it was held in 1212 it was won by the christian who defeat the muslims in this war.
17. Nasrid Kingdom: it was the last muslim territor. It was governed by the Nasr family.
18. Dinar: it was the coin used in the transactions. It was the gold.
19. Dirhem: it was the other coin used in the trade. It was the silver.
20. Arabs: they were the most powerful group of the poblation. They had the best land and were in charge of goverment.
21. Berbers: they were the other most powerful group after the arabs. They sometimes reveled.
22. Muladies: they were christians who adopted the religion, language and customs of islam.
23. Mozarabs: they were christian who continued to practise their religion.
24. Medina: it was the main area of the muslims cities, which contained the most important buildings.
25. Aljama:it was the main mosque located in the Medina.
26. Mosque: it was the most important building for muslims here they held their religius rites.
27. Arrabales: they were worker's districts, where the craft workshops were located.
28. Alcázar: it was the center of political life. It was located in the highest part of the city
29. Souk:it was the center of the social and economic life.
30. Alhóndigas: they were warehouses where the merchants kept their goods.
31. Averroes: he is a person very intellectual.
    
32. Maimonides: he is a other person very intellectual
33. Horseshoe arches: it was to use for supported the islamic buildings.
34. Plasterwork: they used for decorated the islamic buildings.