The Moors invaded Spanish shores in 711 AD and African Muslims literally civilized the wild, white tribes from the Caucus. The Moors eventually ruled over Spain, Portugal, North Africa and ...

Strolling through the southern Spanish city of Sevilla on a sunny early spring day, the sweet smells of orange blossoms ...

JEROME SOCOLOVSKY: Nearly 13 centuries ago, the Moors established a beachhead here on their way to conquer the rest of Spain. They called it al-Jazirah al-Khadra, the Green Islands.

Portugal and Spain were united under a single monarch in 1580, and so Ceuta fell under the rule of the Iberian Union until 1640 when Portugal broke away.