Moorish Empire
Moorish Empire
The bringers of light to a dark Europe
How African knowledge ignited Europe’s Renaissance.
For over 700 years, Black kings ruled its thrones — from the battlefields of Spain to the alcazars (palaces) of Sicily, from Cologne’s cathedrals to Granada’s Alhambra.
Since 711 AD, their scholars, architects, and scientists brought medicine, astronomy, mathematics, and architecture that transformed the continent forever.
The Moors built cities with running water, hospitals, libraries, and streetlights centuries before the rest of Europe caught up.
Their names include Tariq ibn Ziyad, Abd al-Rahman, Almanzor, Yusuf ibn Tashfin, Hasan al-Kalbi, and more:
They built cities (Seville, Segovia, Granada, Cordoba, etc.) commanded armies, shaped European history, yet their dark faces and golden crowns were erased from EU history books.
Santiago de Compostela is known as the culmination of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route, and the alleged burial site of the Biblical apostle St. James, whose remains lie within its Catedral. The Moorish King Almanzor conquered the town and had pilgrims carry the Catedral bell on their backs all the way to Cordoba in 997:
This is the untold story of 10 forgotten Black kings of Europe: the Moors who changed the course of history, including Abu Bakr II, who presumebly sailed across the Atlantic to the Americas with 2000 ships, over 700 years ago:
