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The place of the other (721-1789), Arte France ; La Compagnie des Pares et Balises present ; in association with France Télévisions and Vivement Lundi! ; produced by Jean Labib, Anne Labro ; written by Karim Miské, Emmanuel Blanchard, Nathalie Mars ; directed by Karim Miské

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The place of the other (721-1789)

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Arte France ; La Compagnie des Pares et Balises present ; in association with France Télévisions and Vivement Lundi! ; produced by Jean Labib, Anne Labro ; written by Karim Miské, Emmanuel Blanchard, Nathalie Mars ; directed by Karim Miské

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Jews & Muslims, intimate strangers, [2]

In the year 721, the Muslim Empire was vast. Across the empire Jews and Christians were minorities motivated by a desire to obtain the most favorable status. Their quest for an elevated status within the empire did not hinder cultural exchanges as can be determined with the House of Wisdom in Baghdad, nor prevent the occurrence in the 11th Century of the massacre of Jews in Granada and the persecution and forced conversion of Jews & Christians under the Almohads in the 12th Century. In the 15th Century, the Reconquista chased the Jews and Muslims from Spain which heralded the end of Al-Andalus

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