1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 Well, how did the Middle Ages begin? 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:09,000 Remember, tell me, what happened after the 3rd century? 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,000 How was the Roman Empire? 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,000 The Roman Empire started to lose power. 5 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:19,000 They started to lose power. Great. 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:23,000 Time periods were corrupt, the Roman army was weak, 7 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:29,000 and the Germanic tribes from the north and east began to divide Roman territories. 8 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:42,000 Why? Okay. All right. In AD 4111, the Germanic tribes invaded the Iberian Peninsula. Tell me, which one? 9 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:46,000 The Suebi, the Vandals, and the Alani. 10 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:55,000 The Suebi, the Vandals, and the Alani. Great. Which did they help for? They asked help for? 11 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:56,000 Yes. 12 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:57,200 There are some tools. 13 00:00:58,840 --> 00:00:59,539 The vise. 14 00:00:59,539 --> 00:01:02,299 The vise goes. 15 00:01:02,579 --> 00:01:02,899 Great. 16 00:01:03,759 --> 00:01:04,239 Right. 17 00:01:05,019 --> 00:01:08,200 And in 8476, 18 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,319 what was the last Roman emperor? 19 00:01:11,459 --> 00:01:12,180 Romulus. 20 00:01:12,459 --> 00:01:13,840 Romulus Augustus. 21 00:01:13,980 --> 00:01:14,359 Great. 22 00:01:14,879 --> 00:01:19,000 And these events marked the fall of the Roman Empire. 23 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:20,120 So, 24 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:23,840 remember what we were talking about. 25 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:27,840 What do you think of the word Emerita Augusta now? 26 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:29,840 What is Emerita Augusta now? 27 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:31,840 It's Merida. 28 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:33,840 And Gádiz? 29 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:35,840 Gádiz. 30 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:37,840 And Spain? 31 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:39,840 Spain. 32 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:41,840 Seville. 33 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:43,840 Sagunto? 34 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:45,840 Sagunto in Valencia. 35 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:47,840 And Tarrago? 36 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:49,840 Tarragona. 37 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:51,840 Barcino? 38 00:01:51,840 --> 00:02:05,040 Who were the Bicycles? Remember the Bicycles came to the Iberian Peninsula to help the other tribes 39 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:16,379 that we were mentioning before. The Bicycle Warlords became kings when they gained power. 40 00:02:16,379 --> 00:02:25,039 In the 6th century, King Leo Vigildo took control of the whole territory, right? 41 00:02:26,180 --> 00:02:28,539 No problem. Listen, later we'll talk about it. 42 00:02:29,259 --> 00:02:34,599 For this reason, the bicycle adopted the Hispano-Roman letters, okay? 43 00:02:35,180 --> 00:02:37,400 Latin was the official language. 44 00:02:38,039 --> 00:02:41,819 Christianity was the main religion, all right? 45 00:02:41,819 --> 00:03:04,099 And the capital was? Toledo. Toledo. Toledo. Toledo. Remember, which arcs, which main arcs, because you know that they build small churches, and tell me, what were the main arcs? The round arc, the horseshoe arc, and the pointed arc. 46 00:03:04,099 --> 00:03:06,099 Ah, vale, vale, vale, ya, ya, vale. 47 00:03:06,099 --> 00:03:08,099 Great. 48 00:03:08,099 --> 00:03:10,099 What was 49 00:03:10,099 --> 00:03:12,099 Taifa? It was the kingdom 50 00:03:12,099 --> 00:03:14,099 after the Muslim 51 00:03:14,099 --> 00:03:16,099 invasion, right? 52 00:03:16,099 --> 00:03:18,099 Um, they called this 53 00:03:18,099 --> 00:03:20,099 territory Alamnalus. 54 00:03:20,099 --> 00:03:22,099 And Cordoba was the capital. 55 00:03:22,099 --> 00:03:24,099 Okay? So remember 56 00:03:24,099 --> 00:03:26,099 we have here the main information 57 00:03:26,099 --> 00:03:28,099 that we have been talking about. 58 00:03:28,099 --> 00:03:30,099 And now we are going to 59 00:03:30,099 --> 00:03:32,099 talk about page 76. 60 00:03:32,099 --> 00:03:34,099 Listen. 61 00:03:34,099 --> 00:03:39,400 No problem, no problem. 62 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:41,400 No problem at all. 63 00:03:59,479 --> 00:04:04,770 Right. 64 00:04:04,770 --> 00:04:25,620 Okay. 65 00:04:25,620 --> 00:04:27,620 So. 66 00:04:27,620 --> 00:04:29,620 What is life like in Al-Andalus? 67 00:04:29,620 --> 00:04:31,620 Remember Al-Andalus? 68 00:04:31,620 --> 00:04:33,620 What was the capital for Al-Andalus? 69 00:04:33,620 --> 00:04:35,620 Cordoba. 70 00:04:35,620 --> 00:04:37,620 Cordoba. 71 00:04:37,620 --> 00:04:39,620 Well. 72 00:04:39,620 --> 00:04:46,410 most people were 73 00:04:46,410 --> 00:04:48,089 Muslims, all right? 74 00:04:48,709 --> 00:04:50,449 And Arabic was the 75 00:04:50,449 --> 00:04:52,250 official language, okay? 76 00:04:52,790 --> 00:04:54,430 So, we are on 77 00:04:54,430 --> 00:04:55,290 page 76. 78 00:04:58,110 --> 00:05:00,610 And we are talking about Al-Andalus, 79 00:05:00,709 --> 00:05:00,970 okay? 80 00:05:00,970 --> 00:05:04,970 Al-Andalus. 81 00:05:05,250 --> 00:05:05,689 What is? 82 00:05:05,689 --> 00:05:07,430 It's what is Andalusia now, okay? 83 00:05:07,810 --> 00:05:10,470 But there, they were invited by the Muslims. 84 00:05:10,470 --> 00:05:17,290 remember it was first it was a territory from the romans you understand it was a territory from the 85 00:05:17,290 --> 00:05:28,290 romans but now now it was a territory from the romans but now we are talking about the sixth 86 00:05:28,290 --> 00:05:34,050 century we are talking about andalus and it was cordova okay it was the capital and it was from 87 00:05:34,050 --> 00:05:49,250 the Muslims. So, there were Muslims, Arabic was the language, most of people were Muslims, 88 00:05:50,050 --> 00:06:03,810 Arabic was the official language, and Cordoba was the capital, okay? Arabic, the official 89 00:06:03,810 --> 00:06:41,920 language. Muslims, the most powerful group, and religions. We can find the Muslims, Islam, 90 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:50,459 Christianity 91 00:06:50,459 --> 00:06:57,639 Mozarabs 92 00:06:57,639 --> 00:07:07,910 Mozarabs were Christians 93 00:07:07,910 --> 00:07:14,209 Christians 94 00:07:14,209 --> 00:07:15,769 and Jews 95 00:07:15,769 --> 00:07:19,170 we are talking about Judaism 96 00:07:19,170 --> 00:07:21,509 Judaism is the 97 00:07:21,509 --> 00:07:22,470 religion 98 00:07:22,470 --> 00:07:25,410 and people who practice that religion 99 00:07:25,410 --> 00:07:26,269 they were Jews 100 00:07:26,269 --> 00:07:27,509 so 101 00:07:27,509 --> 00:07:36,129 So, Muslims were the most powerful group in Al-Andalus. 102 00:07:36,329 --> 00:07:37,509 We're talking about Al-Andalus. 103 00:07:37,610 --> 00:07:44,930 Remember, in the 6th century, we were talking about that the territory from the, 104 00:07:45,810 --> 00:07:52,850 it was just the Andalusia now, nowadays, it was conquered by the Bicyclists. 105 00:07:52,850 --> 00:07:54,589 Remember, it was a tribe. 106 00:07:54,589 --> 00:08:11,730 It was a tribe, all right, from German, that helped the Suebi, the Vandals, and the Alanis, all right, to conquer in the 411, to conquer their territories from Roman. 107 00:08:11,730 --> 00:08:21,110 And now, we are talking about Al-Andalus, it was Muslims, the most powerful group, Arabic, the official language, 108 00:08:21,430 --> 00:08:26,949 Cordoba was the capital, and the main religions were the Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, okay? 109 00:08:29,769 --> 00:08:34,070 The cities were protected by high walls, okay? 110 00:08:34,070 --> 00:08:46,490 cities were protected by high walls, alright? And also we have some food that they introduced, 111 00:08:46,490 --> 00:08:58,429 like artichokes, aubergines, oranges, lemons and rice. So the main products, they were artichokes, 112 00:08:58,429 --> 00:09:21,250 Cokes, alcachofa, ovarians, oranges, and rice. 113 00:09:21,250 --> 00:09:25,250 Lemons, and rice. 114 00:09:25,250 --> 00:09:36,110 In the cities, remember, we have the mosques, the public baths, the libraries, the hospitals and the markets. 115 00:09:36,110 --> 00:09:39,909 Like the Mercadillo, the street market, they were called socos, right? 116 00:09:40,690 --> 00:09:44,070 All right. Have you got any doubt about it? 117 00:09:44,389 --> 00:09:44,850 No. 118 00:09:45,250 --> 00:09:45,570 No? 119 00:09:45,889 --> 00:09:46,309 No.