Listening to Flamenco, followed by listening to some Arabic music...

Ever noticed that there is a strong cohesion between Arabic music and flamenco music? Also, (Spanish) flamenco is quite a bit different from music originating in other European locales. Probably because of the Moorish influence in Spanish culture.

Moorish influence in Spanish culture is evident in many forms, and more than that, the Arabs seem to have had some even more profound influence in Europe than is normally realised: For example, the (quite useless) definite/indefinite particles in romance languages. Latin, and other Indo-European languages such as Sanskrit, never felt the need (rightly so) to have definite and indefinite particles ('a', 'the'), but they are there in the romance languages, and even Germanic languages: Die (German); Le/Un (French), etcetera.