EARLIEST oral traditions suggest that Maynila was founded as a Muslim principality as early as the 1250s. Rajah Sulayman was ...

Björn Ironside has become famous because of the TV show Vikings. In the ninth century, Björn and Hastein launched a daring raid against the Iberian Peninsula. In this documentary, we take a look at ...

Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling ...

Written as Islam swept across the Iberian Peninsula, the Silos Apocalypse, a 10th-century illuminated manuscript, depicts biblical visions of the end of the world.

Discover the dramatic history of al-Andalus, from its rapid rise to its eventual fall. Show more In 711 an Arab and Berber army crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and invaded the Iberian Peninsula.

As recognised by many objective historians, the Jews, in particular, enjoyed under Muslim rule in Spain a ‘golden age’ unprecedented and unparalleled. In Cordoba, circa 910, the enlightened ...

Like many things in Spain, it started as a Muslim Medieval City and became a Christian court in 1492. This became the last Moorish stronghold in the Iberian Peninsula.

Martyred in 303 during the Diocletian persecution, Sts. Ciriaco and Paula are now honored as the patron saints of Málaga.