On Language, Culture and Diversity in Spain  

作　　者：Ariadne de Villa 

机构地区：[1]Texas Lutheran University, Seguin, Texas, USA

出　　处：《Sino-US English Teaching》2018年第1期32-37,共6页中美英语教学（英文版）

摘　　要：The Iberian Peninsula was first inhabited by Celts, Iberians, Carthaginians, Romans, Visigoths, and later Berbers. How is it possible that in a spam of only 50 years, the Berbers were able to go pass the Pyrenees and practically ruled what today is Portugal, Spain, and region of France？ This article attempts to uncover the sociological aspects that helped the Berbers and Arabs rule the Iberian Peninsula quite rapidly. It was due to the commonalities and not the differences that Spain＇s political leaders went from Arian Visigoths to Muslims for the next 800 years. Ignacio Olague＇s book La Revoluci6n Isldmica en Occidente （The Islamic Revolution in the West）, also translated as Les Arabes N＇ont Jamais Envahi l＇Espagne （The Arabs Never Invaded Spain）, serves as one instrument to shed light to how this historical event took place. The result of this fusion of cultures not only created a rich civilization that would planted the seeds of the Renaissance three centuries before it began in Italy, but also contributed to the formation of a new language （between 720-750 AD）： El castellano o espahol （Spanish language）, which today is the official language in 21 st countries.

关 键 词：MULTICULTURALISM DIVERSITY medieval Spain Visigoths and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula convivencia contributions of Islamic Spain in the West 

分 类 号：TH811[机械工程—仪器科学与技术] G0[机械工程—精密仪器及机械]