Question

The image below is from the Spanish city of Cordoba. Use the image to answer the following question:

An image of a door and wall constructed using an architectural style typical of the Middle East and Arabian peninsula. Written around the door is Arabic script in gold inlay.
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Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the existence of this type of art in Spain today? (5 points)


The Western Roman Empire was entirely Islamic.

Spanish Christians rejected Islamic influence.

At one point, Spain was part of the Islamic world.

Christianity was outlawed in Spain.

Answer 1

At one point, Spain was part of the Islamic world.

Step-by-step explanation:

The fact that some of the architecture in Cordoba used a style typical of the Middle East and Arabic peninsula indicates that Spain was once part of the Islamic world (as indeed it was in the late first century)