Hi Mary, I understand many of the Moors were assimilated. That only makes sense, but some were driven out. It is the Moors driven out of Spain, that I ask about.
I don't understand your song reference, but here is one that makes me grin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAEoPKwBJfo Marsha On May 26, 2010, at 10:53 PM, Mary wrote: > I barely know who Chistina Aguilera is. This moved me. > > Start at 3:40 in. > > Incredible vocal control. > Incredible stage presence. > > Emotionally naked. Powerful. > > A sad song that had me grinning ear to ear in admiration. > > http://justjared.buzznet.com/2010/05/26/christina-aguilera-american-idol-per > formance-video/ > > > You lost me, > Mary > > - The most important thing you will ever make is a realization. > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:moq_discuss- >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of MarshaV >> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:01 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [MD] [Bulk] moors >> >> >> Adrie, >> >> Ferdinand and Isabella drove the last of the Moors out of Spain in >> 1492. It is these Moors >> I am wondering about. Where did they resettled. Yes, I know they were >> assimilated; they >> occupied Spain for seven hundred years. Where did they go after they >> were defeated. >> They were a very educated, tolerant, intellectually advanced people, >> what happened to >> them? Can they be identified with any area of the MiddleEast today? >> I've been to the >> mosque in Cordoba, I've been to the Alhambra in Granada, I've been all >> through Andalusia, >> these people left behind artifacts of incredible beauty. >> >> I saw on the documentary that they are beginning to rewrite much about >> the occupation. So some >> of what you knew 20 years ago, may not still apply. Don't know. It's >> seems the good Catholics >> tried erase all they could from minds of the people and the landscape. >> Today archeologists are >> rediscovering a history that has been for a long time lost. >> >> >> Marsha >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On May 26, 2010, at 2:30 PM, Fam. Kintziger-Karaca wrote: >> >>> Hi Marsha >>> Well, Marsha , about here where i live 20 miles away, two spanisch >> wars occured , Belgium en Holland >>> were long time occupied by Spain,first, war between de >> "Staatsen"Hollanders , and the Spanish -1568 >>> 1648, then after this the Spanish succesion war between 1702-1713. >>> >>> so given this wars , and my interest in thes events , i have a big >> knowledge of these events. >>> its possible to feed my interest , because many of the fortifications >> are still here. >>> aside of this gathering of warinfo , long time ago , ik came across >> the question about the dissapeared Moors >>> in Spain.so i had to solve the riddle then. >>> The Moors simply merged , blended in with the Spanisch population, >> they assimilated. >>> I never found proof for the item, but in that time, internet was not >> availiable like it is now . >>> >>> after your question, i did soms reexamination, and of cours found a >> nice wiki-artikel on the matter >>> concluding and showing proof on the assimilation. >>> >>> this is the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moors >>> >>> the subject is under "population genetics" >>> >>> I knew this 30 years ago! >>> >>> now a goodie- >>> not only some are exported towards the Spanish colonys, in the >> aftermath of their assimilation, some >>> became famous beiing the first Moors in the us, exported from Spain, >> imported to the new world. >>> >>> First Moor in America >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estevanico >>> >>> so-provable; the dna strain of the Moors can be found back in the >> americas. >>> >>> so , in answer on your question, "where did the Moors go?" >>> >>> They are , in fact on your doorstep. >>> Yours sincerely >>> Adrie >>> >>> Moq_Discuss mailing list >>> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >>> Archives: >>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >>> http://moq.org/md/archives.html >> >> >> >> ___ >> >> >> Moq_Discuss mailing list >> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >> Archives: >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >> http://moq.org/md/archives.html > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
