In just seven years nearly all of Spain was under Moorish rule.

Moorish rule ended after two decades when the their garrison was driven out by a rebellion in 739.

Nothing built during Moorish rule or during the reign of the first Portuguese kings survives.

But, for several years, the town of Silves was the capital of the region under Moorish rule.

The Spanish donated documents that detailed their period of Moorish rule.

Moorish rule began to recede, but it would remain in parts of the Iberian peninsula for another 760 years.

Its scholars introduced astronomy and medicine to the West via Spain when it was under Moorish rule.

Together they take over Granada in 1492, ending 800 years of Moorish rule.

The town came under the Spanish crown, after Moorish rule, in 1487.

Guides on the trip to Toledo will lead visitors through the center of Moorish rule.