虽然是著名的天主教大本营,但西班牙最初的强盛则是多亏了穆斯林,确切的说是北非摩洛哥来的摩尔人 The Moors

当时的穆斯林的科学水平是世界领先的,是他们把现代科学带来了欧洲。

摩尔人统治西班牙长达8个世纪,曾在这里建立起欧洲最先进的城市,还在瓦伦西亚设立了西班牙的第一所大学。

瓦伦西亚至今仍是西班牙重要的经济中心,也是西班牙第三大城市。(第一和第二分别是马德里和巴塞罗那)

The Moors, who were Muslims and ruled Spain for 800 years, introduced new scientific techniques to Europe, such as an astrolabe, a device for measuring the position of the stars and planets. Muslims founded the first Spanish university at Valencia in 1209. At its height, Córdoba, the heart of Moorish territory in Spain, was the most modern city in Europe, with streetlights and running water. The Moors were also advanced in medicine, science, and astronomy, and Arabic words such as algebra, alcohol, chemistry, nadir, alkaline, and cipher entered the language. The Moors occupied Spain for 800 years; consequently, over 4,000 Arabic words and Arabic-derived phrases have been absorbed into the Spanish language. Words beginning with “al,” for example, are derived from Arabic. The name “Madrid” is from the Arabic magerit, which means “place of many streams.”
身为穆斯林的摩尔人曾经统治西班牙800多年,是他们把现代科学技术带到了欧洲;这些技术中就包括星盘,这是一种测量恒星与行星位置的仪器。西班牙的第一所大学也是穆斯林于1209年在瓦伦西亚建立的。在其鼎盛时期,西班牙摩尔人领土的中心“科尔多瓦”是全欧洲最现代化的城市,有路灯和自来水。摩尔人在医学、自然科学、天文学方面也很先进,像代数、酒精、化学、天底、碱、密码这些阿拉伯语词汇就直接进入了西班牙语。由于摩尔人统治西班牙长达800多年,西班牙语吸收了4000多个阿拉伯语单词和从阿拉伯语派生的短语,“马德里”这个名字就是从阿拉伯语词汇magerit变来的,意思是“有很多溪流的地方”。

 

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