Instructions: Read Golden Age of the Moors pages 1-23. Write a one-two pages paper answering the following questions.
1. Who is Batrikus? Explain his contribution to history. How do Batrikus and the Africans that accompanied him change our perception of the African presence in Europe?
2. Who are the Moors of North Africa? Where does the name Moor derive from; i.e. what is the etymology?
3. What was the difference between the slave system of the Moors and Muslims and what we learned about European slavery in the Americas? Why do you think there was a difference?
4. What cultural and scientific impact did the Moors have on Europe?
5. What did you learn about the African and Islamic contribution in Europe that challenges
the traditional story of human civilization?
Instructions: Read Golden Age of the Moors pages 27-71. Write a one-two pages paper answering the following questions.
1. What evidence is given of the African presence in Europe? Explain the art, people, and events that give credence to the author’s arguments.
2. What events led to the Moors gaining hold of the Iberian peninsula in 711?
3. What were some of the accomplishments during the Umayyad Dynasty?
4. Who was St. Maurice and what is his significance to European Christians?
5. How does the information in the book challenge your understanding of Africans and
Islam, as well as Western or European images and education about Africans and Islam prior to 1492, and Europe’s conquest of the world?
