Source Record

Met Heilbrunn Timeline: Iberian Peninsula, 500-1000 A.D.

Met institutional chronology for Iberia from 500 to 1000, used to frame early al-Andalus, Umayyad rule, and interreligious exchange in dated context.

Notes

This institutional chronology gives a public anchor for the eighth-century Islamic conquest of Iberia, early Umayyad rule, the naming of al-Andalus, and the mixed Christian, Jewish, and Muslim setting of medieval Iberia.

Why this source matters

MoorOfUS uses this source to keep al-Andalus claims tied to a dated Iberian context. It supports cautious discussion of Arab and Berber armies, Córdoba, Umayyad rule, and cultural exchange without treating the word Moor as a timeless identity category.

Use with caution

This is a museum chronology, not a full monograph. It should be paired with scholarship, local site records, and other institutional sources before making narrow claims about a person, community, ritual, ancestry, nationality, or present-day identity.