Cordoba is located on the Iberian Peninsula on a northern bank of the Guadalquivir river, within Spain.
From early in the 2rd century Cordoba was part of the Roman empire. Under Roman rule it became a place that was the centre of Roman intellectual life in Iberia and was referred to as Colonia Patricia, for the class of its citizens
With the invasion of the Roman Empire through the 3rd and 5th centuries by the Germanic Visigoths, Cordoba was under Visigothic rule between the 6th and 8th centuries until the Moors invaded in 711 CE. As Muslim Spain or Andalus was part of the greater Muslim World (see Figure 01) it shared in the cultural knowledge and exchange this provided.
During civil instability in 750 CE between the Abbasids and Umayyad,
From early in the 2rd century Cordoba was part of the Roman empire. Under Roman rule it became a place that was the centre of Roman intellectual life in Iberia and was referred to as Colonia Patricia, for the class of its citizens
With the invasion of the Roman Empire through the 3rd and 5th centuries by the Germanic Visigoths, Cordoba was under Visigothic rule between the 6th and 8th centuries until the Moors invaded in 711 CE. As Muslim Spain or Andalus was part of the greater Muslim World (see Figure 01) it shared in the cultural knowledge and exchange this provided.
During civil instability in 750 CE between the Abbasids and Umayyad,