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The History of Spain Podcast

Umayyads in peril

The History of Spain Podcast
The History of Spain Podcast
This is episode 37 called Umayyads in peril and in this episode you will learn:

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- The short reign of Emir al-Mundhir
- The personality of Emir Abd Allah and the big picture of his reign
- The qasi-Taifa states of Murcia and Seville, respectively ruled by Daysam ibn Ishaq and the Banu Hayyay clan
- The story of the maritime Republic of Pechina, in Almería
- The Muslim conquest of the Balearic Islands under Isam al-Hawlani
- The Berber and Messianic movement that ended up in the Day of Zamora
- The peak of Umar ibn Hafsun’s power and the loss of initiative
- Why the Umayyad dynasty of Córdoba managed to survived this turbulent period and an illustrative example of the extreme fragility of Umayyad rule
- A general overview of the situation of Medieval Spain before Abd al-Rahman III’s accession to the throne
- An effort to imagine how the average Andalusi lived during this period
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