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The Glittering Ornament of the World
Córdoba is known about in Germany. German nuns are writing about it. Is it a kind of beautiful city? Is it clean and hygienic? Yeah, I think it probably is. It was the biggest city in Europe or the Western Mediterranean even in this period. Córdoba may have had like 100,000 people at a time when it was very unusual for town staff to be more than 10,000. Let's switch now to a different city, Seville. We've got a little mini quiz for you here. How could I not say olive oil? How did I mean? I'm going to get disowned by the whole of North Africa.