Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain
The golden age of Jewish culture in Spain, which coincided with the Middle Ages in Europe, was a period of Muslim rule during which, Jews were generally accepted in society and Jewish religious, cultural, and economic life flourished.
Image of a cantor reading the Passover story in Al-Andalus, from the 14th century Haggadah of Barcelona.
Manuscript page by Maimonides, one of the greatest Jewish scholars of Al Andalus, born in Córdoba, in Arabic in the Hebrew script.
Jewish Street (Toledo, Spain)
The Caliphate of Córdoba, also known as the Córdoban Caliphate, was an Arab Islamic state ruled by the Umayyad dynasty from 929 to 1031. Its territory comprised most of Iberia and parts of North Africa, with its capital in Córdoba. It succeeded the Emirate of Córdoba upon the self-proclamation of Umayyad emir Abd ar-Rahman III as caliph in January 929. The period was characterized by an expansion of trade and culture, and saw the construction of masterpieces of Andalusi architecture.
Gold dinar of Hisham II, dated 396 AH (1006–7 AD)
Exterior of the Great Mosque
The Pyxis of al-Mughira, a carved ivory casket made at Madinat al-Zahra dated to 968
Vegetal motifs and figurative imagery carved in ivory on the Leyre Casket, made in 1004–1005
