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JOURNAL OF
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GOLDEN AGE OF
RACE AND ORIGIN OF THE MOORS
1a) The Moor in Aiea and Europe:
Origin ad Definitions
Ivan Van Seria
Lib) The Moor in Enropet
Inflcnces and Contrib
Iran Van Seta
2a) The Moorsin Antiquity
James Bronson and Ranoko Rashi
24) The Empire ofthe Moors
{Am outline; based on intersiew and summary)
Soin Ison
3. The African Heritage & Ethaohistry ofthe Moors
FALL, 1991
ss
Iackgroond tothe emergence feats Rerber and Arab
eps, fom prehistory tthe lamic Dynasties
Dans Reyna os
MOORISH CONTRIBUTIONS TO EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION
4. The Moor: Lit of Europe's Dark Age
Wayne Chander 1s
“Moorish Spain: Academie Source and Foundation for
ine and Secen of Westerm Europea Universiis
Inthe Middle Ages
Sone, ime Bey wa
6 Moorish Cutare-Bringers:
[earers of Elighenment os
7. The Music of he Moors in Spain
(AbeAndals, 711-1492 AD)
‘Origin of Andalsian Musical Art
[es Development sd Iftacace un Western Caltore
Yess Al asThe Moors and Portugal's Global Expansion
9, African inthe Bieth and Expansion of slam
Mamadou Chingls
THE SCIENCE OF THE MOORS
10, Caw: Slence Academy ofthe Middle Ages
Beas Lumpkin and Stam Zier
‘The Egyptian Precurwe to Greek and “Arab Seence
ia) The Jadgement
(©) Supplements othe ladicment
wan Van Seting
12, Am Annotated Biboprapy ofthe Moors
NAUwE AD,
James Ravel
Biographical Notes a6 Contributors
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ass
Altican Genes Bott (Aba-Abd Lah) surrender oe Spanish
(Grama, 102),‘THE MOOR IN AFRICA AND EUROPE
van Van Sertima
1, Origins and Definitions
1 i penerly assumed hat the movement of AMfcas ino Europe in|
significa late numbers and ilo portions of el power sd a car
“ni he Mastin invasion of Spain n711 AD. In AFMakiay Hise he
“Mokamonedan Dynasties Spain, howevs, We ler fet seh at
aMicied Spain abou hee thousand years 2g, «cts ht es a
Jowed not lang seats by an ivason fam Afea. Th of corse,
rething Io do wit he medieva! Moos, wth wich tis book i prnatly
onceed, but WoMDh aig here Becute it actually etblihed at
Sncent African dynasty in Spain, a fact that i omited frm the ofc
“The drought ht devastated Spain, however, it deseie hy mmber of
‘Spanish historians. Pero de Mena i Lito de as Grandes de Eopana,
published in Sev in 149, aes the oughta 170 B.C To--Khato A
Malar (i is major hist wor, arate by Pascual de Gayango!)