Who were the "Moors" and what did they actually do?

Answer 1

Muslims who the Christians fought during the crusades.

Answer 2

The Moors were the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus (the Iberian Peninsula including present day Spain and Portugal) as well as the Maghreb and western Africa, whose culture is often called Moorish. The word was also used more generally in Europe to refer to anyone of Arab or African descent. The name Moors derives from the ancient tribe of the Mauri and their kingdom Mauretania.

Answer 3

Moors are muslims who lived in and around the Iberian Peninsula and Africa. Moors conquered Spain in the 17th century (I believe). They are mostly known as the inhabitants of the Barbary states which were under Ottoman rule.

Answer 4

straight from Wikipedia: The Moors were the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus (the Iberian Peninsula including present day Spain and Portugal) as well as the Maghreb and western Africa, whose culture is often called Moorish. The word was also used more generally in Europe to refer to anyone of Arab or African descent. The name Moors derives from the ancient tribe of the Mauri and their kingdom Mauretani

Answer 5

A member of a Muslim people of mixed Berber and Arab descent, now living chiefly in northwest Africa.

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One of the Muslims who invaded Spain in the 8th century and established a civilization in Andalusia that lasted until the late 15th century.

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Any member of the Muslim population of Spain, of mixed Arab, Spanish, and Berber origins. North African Muslims (called by their Latin name Mauri-i.e., natives of Roman Mauretania) invaded Spain in the 8th century and, under the Umayyad and Almoravid dynasties, created the great Arab Andalusian civilization in such cities as Córdoba, Toledo, Granada, and Sevilla. The Christian reconquest of Spain under Alfonso VI began in the 11th century; from then until the Moors' final defeat in 1492 and for another century thereafter, many Moors settled as refugees in North Africa.

Answer 6

North Africans. Muslims. Berbers. They're were a number of Moorish kingdoms, which grew in importance after the Muslim conquest and their extension into Spain, until they were kicked out by the Christian armies in the late 15th Century.

Answer 7

++Oh i studied this a month ago!

They were trying to conquer spain causing a series of wars between the Christians and the Muslims, called the crusades. This was during the middle ages if i remember correctly.

Answer 8

Muslims, and then Africans converted into the Muslim faith.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moors

Answer 9

Mary Tyler, she had a show about women who lived alone in the 70s

Roger, he was an agent guy who went around killing spies

Answer 10

Ask George Costanza. I loved that episode. They invading Spain.