Rise of Islam

Mohammed (570-633), founder of the Islamic faith

Hassam, son of a powerful sheik, meets the prophet Mohammed and converts to the new religion, but runs afoul of his father

10th century Islamic Egyptian hero leader Abu Zayd al-Hilali; he and his wife break away from his father's tribe; later the two tribes engage in battle and son and father have to fight it out (in Arabic)

Spanish film of the first independent Count of Castile, 931-970, who opposed the Moors

1094, takes Valencia from the Moors

Based on the homonymous poem and other documents from the époque

El Cid's son Diego Rodríguez killed fighting invading Muslim Almoravids from North Africa at Battle of Consuegra, 1097

The story of Islamic philosopher Averroes (1126-1198) in Spanish province of Andalusia

James I of Aragon (reign 1213-1287) part of the Reconquista (c. 718 and lasting around 800 years)

Second marriage of Louis of Navarre (1341-1376) gives him the rights to Durazzo and the Kingdom of Albania and Louis strives for their recovery