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Monday, November 28, 2016

Chapter 16 Paella, Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History by Bill Price

Book: Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History
Author: Bill Price
ISBN: 978-1-77085-427-7

Chapter 16: Paella

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Answer Key

1. Paella is from Valencia, Spain.
2. The traditional meat in paella is meat and seafood.
3. La Albufera is in Spain.
4. The Moors entered the Iberian Peninsula in 711.
5. Tariq Ibn Ziyad led a small force of Moors into the Iberian Peninsula.
6. The Moors took about 60 years to take over the Iberian Peninsula.
7. The Kingdom of the Visigoths was in control of Portugal and Spain before the Moors took over.
8. Al-Andalus was the name of the Iberian Peninsula that the Moors took control over.
9. The Moors introduced Spain to paddy field rice growing.
10. In 750 the Umayyad Dynasty lost Damascus.
11. In 750 the Umayyad Dynasty moved their capital to Cordoba.
12. The Great Mosque of Cordoba was completed in 987.
13. In 1236 the Great Mosque of Cordoba was converted to the Cathedral of Cordoba.
14. The Moors were expelled from Spain in 1492.
15. The Moors ruled Spain for over 800 years.
16. The Reconquista of Spain was the name of the event of Christians taking back Spain.

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