The history of the US is a joke in comparison.
10 out of 45 World UNESCO Heritage Sites in Spain (the country with the third most World Heritage Sites in the world) have full Arab/Moorish/Islamic heritage or partial Arab/Moorish/Islamic heritage. 900 years of Arab rule of most of Spain and Portugal.
Historic Walled Town of Cuenca (city name of Arabic origin):
Historic Centre of Córdoba (city name of Arabic origin):
Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín (all names of Arabic origin)
Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches
Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon
Historic City of Toledo
Old City of Salamanca
Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville (city name of Arabic origin)
Old Town of Cáceres (city name of Arabic origin)
Palmeral of Elche (biggest palm grove in Europe - planted originally by the Semitic Phoneicians but Arabs later expanded it) (City name of Arabic origin once again)
List of World Heritage Sites in Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The most famous Arab/Moorish/Islamic heritage site in Spain/most visited heritage site is Alhambra which means "The Red Castle" in Arabic. It is located in Granada, Andalusia.
http://www.spain-holiday.com/Granad...st-visited-site-the-regal-alhambra-in-granada
Here are two excellent documentaries about Al-Andalus.
There are of course many other heritage sites but they are not admitted to the list of World UNESCO Heritage Sites. Yet that is. Some might in the future.
Over 1/4 of the current-day vocabulary of Spanish used on a daily basis derives from Arabic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language_influence_on_the_Spanish_language
Arabic/Moorish/Islamic culture influenced Spain on many fronts. Influences seen to this very day in the language, cuisine, architecture, traditions, music etc. Meanwhile the same Spain later influenced Latin America greatly which is why Latin America is influenced by Arabic/Islamic culture likewise, aside from the 30 million Latin Americans of Arab origin. The largest Arab diaspora in the world. Same story with Portugal and its colonies.
Lastly many people seem to equal Al-Andalus with Spain but they often forget that Portugal was there as well and Southern Portugal was probably as influenced as Southern Spain. Genetically as well as confirmed by DNA results of today.
Over 20 000 Arabic words in the Portuguese language… : Muslim in the Midst…
http://www.transeuropeennes.eu/ressources/pdfs/TIM_2011_Arabic_Portuguese_Catarina_BELO_114.pdf
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One contemporary translator from Arabic into Portuguese, Adalberto Alves, is currently compiling a list of Portuguese words of Arabic origin and has found more than twenty thousand of them. This fruitful interaction between the two languages led to a linguistic phenomenon which arose in the medieval period called aljamiado, whereby Portuguese was written in Arabic characters. This medieval period could be seen as a first phase of the interaction between the Portuguese and the Arabic languages."
Al-Garb Al-Andalus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aljamiado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lisbon – an Arab city in the heart of Europe | Syria News Wire
Portugal | History | Islam | GlobalPost
Sadly this very detailed lecture (almost 2 hours long) from Casa Árabe is without English subtitles.
A leading Spanish professor in Al-Andalus talks about all the topics I have mentioned and many more. For 2 hours.
US is just a mixture of migrants from across the world. It is no real country.
50 million Americans are starving. 30 million African-Americans. 50 + million Latinos. And KFC and McDonalds.
They are already on the retreat ever since 1991.
They had their 100 years of glory. This century or certainly the next will belong to Asia.