THe AMAZING! city of wonders....(drumroll please) named Cordoba!!!

♥Kaili Hamada♪
✿December 11, 2009❃
History pest Analysis Essay

> In all places, having a strong grip over a place is an important part of helping it becoming powerful and successful. Al-Andulus (Muslim Spain) was created by Abd al-Rahman, and its capital was named Cordoba. Another very important leader during al-Andulus’s golden age was named Abd al-Rahman III. In Muslim/Arabic empires, nations, or states, leaders were also called caliphs. The political aspects of al-Andulus compare to the politics of today because of how the leaders and their helpers had maintained control over the area, like how our presidents and governors in America make sure that everything is going the way it should be. Our politics of today and then are also alike because of how leaders pick strong capitals for their nations, so that they will be successful. Also, by having their standing army with mercenaries, they had better control overt their land and helped them pay attention to what was going on with conflicts, just how armies in America work today! Having a powerful government always impacts an area greatly, because without it, the empire, nation of state will collapse.

The wealth of a place always effects how successful it will be. Without money, it will be very difficult to provide jobs, food, and clothes to your citizens. When a state has no money, it will not have strong military forces. Then, they will not be able t o expand their land (they will stop getting income and riches) and they will not be able to protect themselves from raids and outside attacks. In al-Andulus, they were wealthy and profited through trading. Cordoba became a center of trade because of its new found prosperity, which led to the golden age of al-Andulus. They had thriving trade because of their products that were wanted in Europe. Success in farming also helped al-Andulus’ economy, and with all of the people who were migrating to Cordoba, it was easier to employ people with jobs. The more people you had working on a certain thing, the faster the job got done, which helped making surplus’ to sell to others. In my opinion, the economy of then and today compare because of thriving trade and sales. Having money and success made al-Andulus thrive for years.

All places have different cultures and religions, according to the type of people who live there. Cordoba was more or less a cultural center for the Muslim world. The city of Cordoba itself had 70 libraries, containing 400,000 books total. Some of those books were in different languages such as Latin which scholars studied and spread the languages throughout their Muslim Empire. The spread of the cultures and religions was basically a welcome to peoples of other religions and cultures to come to al-Andulus. As more people came to al-Andulus, the state’s trade and economy soared as well as its technological advancements and so on. Like America today, Cordoba was a great cultural center because of their tolerant ways, and because people felt welcome here and there. Cordoba was very successful for many reasons, and one of the more important ones, how there were a variety of cultures centered in the city.

Being ahead of your time by means of technology is an important part of being a successful nation, state, or empire. Al- Andulus made life pleasant and likeable because they other had paved roads, lighting by means of lamps, public baths, fountains, and beautiful gardens. By being more advanced technologically than civilizations of your time helps to attract people to live in your city, or civilization and not other places. By being a city of wonders, people from not only the Muslim world knew about Cordoba, but also citizens of Europe as well knew of Cordoba. As more people were enthralled by the magnificent city of Cordoba, the city expanded and became even more successful. Similar to America today, Cordoba was ahead of their time and that made al-Andulus successful, like how America is prosperous today as well.
To conclude, all of the aspects of the Muslim settlement of al-Andulus helped to make it successful. Being: politically strong, technologically advanced, culturally diverse, and economically strong makes a society welcoming and thriving. People would rather live in a successful state, nation, or city than being part of a weak and un-tolerant area.