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'''Moors''' is an archaic name given to the inhabitants of what is now [[Morocco]] and [[Algeria]], most famously [[Othello]], [[Shakespeare]]'s 'Moor of Venice'. After [[Islam]]ic armies conqured the Moors, the Moorsish people fought under the Islamic banner and conquered [[Spain]] for Islam in 711.  They continued to occupy parts of Spain for the next 700 years until the final [[Reconquista]] of 1492.
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'''Moors''' is an archaic name given to the inhabitants of what is now [[Morocco]] and [[Algeria]], most famously [[Othello]], [[Shakespeare]]'s 'Moor of Venice'. After [[Islam]]ic armies conquered the Moors, the Moorsish people fought under the Islamic banner and conquered [[Spain]] for Islam in 711.  They continued to occupy parts of Spain for the next 700 years until the final [[Reconquista]] of 1492.
    
In [[Great Britain]], upland areas of uncultivated rough grazing, characterised by boggy terrain and abundance of ericaceous plants such as heather, are also known as moors.
 
In [[Great Britain]], upland areas of uncultivated rough grazing, characterised by boggy terrain and abundance of ericaceous plants such as heather, are also known as moors.
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