Students flocked from France, Germany and England to learn from Math, astronomy, botany, philosophy from the Moors. According to Lane-Poole, the Moorish kingdom was known for its literature, Art and science. The castle/forte covers approximately 35 acres, and was built in 889 CE. Its sheer mass made it a great observation point to survey oncoming attacks. The limestone Rock of Gibraltar is 1398 feet high which is almost equivalent to a 100 story building. His army built a fortress in the immediate area around the large limestone rock in the 8th century and used it as a home base in preparation for battle. He was an African Govenor of Mauritania that led an army of 6,700 African soldiers along with 300 Arab translators to the area. Gibraltor was known to the Moors as “Gebel Tarik“ after Moorish Govenor Tarik ibn Ziyad (also spelled Tariq).
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