I realize this may be a weird question and very hard to answer but it's something I am interested.
Okay, so the Moors were pretty active colonists. They ruled Iberia for seven hundred years (792-1492), longest colonial empire in history. They also had several semi successful conquests in southern France and Sicily.
My point is, we are in a society where people constantly say how European colonization led to white standards of beauty being pushed upon the colonized countries. The aftereffects of this are still felt to this day.
If they could do all that from 1500's up till now which has only been about 600 years, wouldn't the Moors have done something similar in their 700+ years?
They ruled Iberia for seven hundred years (792-1492), longest colonial empire in history
This not true, along the correct period (711-1492), there were different and independent kingdoms. Just because they were Muslim it doesn't mean they belonged to the same continuous state:
The Emirate directly dependent on the Caliph in Damascus (711–756) The Independent Emirate (756–929) The Caliphate of Córdoba (929–1031) The first Taifas (1031–c. 1091) The Almoravid rule (c. 1091–c. 1145) The second Taifas (c. 1145–c. 1151) The Almohad rule (c. 1151–1212) The Kingdom of Granada (1212–1492)
It's actually from 711~1492 not 792