Maimonides is one of the most famous Jewish philosophers from the Middle Ages. He is well known for his attempts to reconcile religious knowledge with secular knowledge. His writings had a lot of influence and are still being studied today. Moses ben Maimon was born around 1138 i n Cordova, Spain. Life was good for Maimonides and his family until the city was conquered in 1148 by a group of Muslim invaders known as the Almohads. The Almohads demanded that all non-Muslims convert, be exiled, or be put to death. Not wanting to choose death or conversion, Maimonides’s family decided to leave Cordova. Maimonides moved from Morocco to Palestine where they only stayed for a short while before continuing on to Cairo, Egypt. This is where his father
