October 16, 2007 classwork

1)Who were the Moors?
The Moors were Native of Morocco. The word "Moor" meant black. In the Middle Ages the Africans were called Moors. The Moors went into Spain and the settled the foundations of new civilization. The country was very favorable by their labors. They introduced the silk industry into Spain. In the agriculture field, they were highly skilled, and introduced rice, sugar cane, dates ginger, cotton, lemons, and strawberries into the country. Education was universal in Moorish Spain , being given to the most humble, while in Christian Europe ninety- nine percent of the people were illiterate, and even kings could neither read nor write. Moorish women were doctors, and lawyers and professors. Jewish scholars studied under the Moors, and then went to England and set up a scientific school at what later came to be Oxford University.

www.tnoma.org/empire.htm.

2)Who was the most famous Moor?
The most famous Moor was Othello