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what is true of the Muslim empire in Europe between AD 750 and 1210?
The Muslim empire never expanded beyond the Pyrenees Mountains which are the northernmost part of the Iberian peninsula.
European city-states had overtaken the caliphate by 1210.
The Muslim empire was able to spread past the Pyrenees Mountains using their advanced technology.
The territory controlled by the Muslim empire declined between AD 750 and 1210.
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"The territory controlled by the Muslim empire declined between AD 750 and 1210." — True.
Brief explanation:
- By the early 8th century Muslims had conquered most of the Iberian Peninsula, and made limited incursions north of the Pyrenees, but their expansion into Europe was checked (e.g., Battle of Tours/Poitiers, 732).
- The Caliphate of Córdoba later fragmented (civil war and the caliphate’s collapse in 1031), producing smaller taifa states, and from the 11th century onward Christian kingdoms gradually reconquered territory.
- Although North African dynasties (Almoravids, Almohads) reasserted Muslim rule at times, by the early 13th century Muslim-controlled territory in Iberia had overall declined (the decisive defeat at Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212 shortly after this period accelerated that decline).
Brief explanation:
- By the early 8th century Muslims had conquered most of the Iberian Peninsula, and made limited incursions north of the Pyrenees, but their expansion into Europe was checked (e.g., Battle of Tours/Poitiers, 732).
- The Caliphate of Córdoba later fragmented (civil war and the caliphate’s collapse in 1031), producing smaller taifa states, and from the 11th century onward Christian kingdoms gradually reconquered territory.
- Although North African dynasties (Almoravids, Almohads) reasserted Muslim rule at times, by the early 13th century Muslim-controlled territory in Iberia had overall declined (the decisive defeat at Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212 shortly after this period accelerated that decline).
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