Comparing The Visigoths And The Ostrogothic Spain

Visigothic Spain: o The Roman Empire began to show symptoms of it’s soon to be demise around the 3rd century AD. Taking advantage of the weakened Roman Empire, Germanic tribes migrated to Spain during the 5th century. These Germanic tribes were the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths. The Ostrogoths were short lived, however the Visigoths rule lasted until the Islamic conquest. One of the oldest and most well preserved churches from the Visigoths rule is the San Juan Bautista de Baños de Cerrato.
ʻAbd ar-Rahman III: o After the Islamic conquest of Spain al-Andalus was created. ʻAbd ar-Rahman III was the first ruler of al-Andalus to claim to be the single authority in all the Islamic world, the first caliph, by declaring to be successor of the prophet Muhammad. Under his rule, al-Andalus became a very peaceful nation that made enormous economic expansion. One example of this is expansion is the Madinat al-Zahra. …show more content…
The time period of the Taifa Kingdoms has often been labeled as a time of decline due to the feuds between the different Berber kings and their attempts to gain and keep control of their regions. However, the same Berber kings, in an attempt to gain credibility as rulers, jumpstarted a time of cultural enrichment by commissioning different artwork, architecture, poetry, etc. One palace that survives from the Taifa period is the Aljafería