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>> 5.09.2008
I remember in 1997 when I was looking in the dictionary for a word in the M section (I don't remember what word it was) and I stumbled across the word MOOR, and the definition next to it read something like: A Muslim group of people from AFRICA with Arabic and Berber decent who conquered Spain from 711-1492. I was AMAZED. By this time I was heavy into studying Black History and things of that nature, so reading this was fueling the fire. Since then I have done extensive research on the MOORS and became astonished at how these strong MEN OF COLOR conquered a EUROPEAN country and civilized it. Just today I found this documentary about the MOORS. Haven't watched it all but it looks on point.
When the Moors Ruled in Europe
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That's where spanish words like "aljedrez" came from, which means chess, since the Moors were the ones who invented chess. A lot of words in the Spanish language derive from Moors and Indigenous people, unintentionally portraying the post-spanish influences within spanish-speaking countries. To an extent, there's also a lot of African (Moor) blood within the old Spaniards, something that Spaniards forcefully deny.
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