In Spain, on the division of the Saracenic power, the rule was in the
hands of the Ommiyad line, and the capital was at Cordova. From this
city the scepter of the Ommiyades ruled during 283 years (from A.D.
755-1038); but in the eleventh century the supremacy of the Saracens
gave place to the Moorish empire in Spain.