The History Of Spain Podcast

This is episode 30 called Reforms of Abd al-Rahman II and in this episode you will learn: SHOW NOTES - Global context of the first half of the 9th century - A background of Emir Abd al-Rahman II - The early dynastic and territorial revolts of his reign - How Abd al-Rahman II reformed and reorganized the administration of the Emirate of Córdoba, in emulation to the centralized model of the Abbasid Caliphate - The sophistication of the Cordoban court and the economic and fiscal reforms - The ambitious civil and religious construction program of Abd al-Rahman’s reign - How Ziryab transformed the culture of al-Andalus and the cultural, intellectual and artistic changes that were coming from the East - The foreign policy objective and implementation of projecting the political and commercial power of the Emirate of Córdoba in the Western Mediterranean - The other foreign policy objective to maintain the supremacy of Córdoba in the Iberian Peninsula - A reflection on the limits of Abd al-Rahman’s reforms