the Islamic nation of Al-Andalus slowly took shape. At its peak, Córdoba was a capital city of more than 300,000 inhabitants and the centre of a caliphate that spanned much of the Iberian Peninsula.

The Pyxis of Al-Mughira ... of Spain and the larger Islamic history. "It stands as a material testimony to the cultural prosperity and technical virtuosity of this period in Al-Andalus ...