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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'. The Moors conquered [[Spain]] in 711, and held significant territory until the [[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'. Under [[Islam]], the Moors conquered [[Spain]] in 711, and held significant territory until the [[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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