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What significance did the domination of southern Spain by the Umayyad Caliphate have on Europe?

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It sent a sort of message to the rest of Europe to show that they weren't just barbarians but a real empire that was powerful and could conquer them.
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Europeans became dependent on goods from the middle eastern and asia
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