Why did Maimonides *leave* Spain? Various areas of Spain were under Muslim control for close to 800 years: the Reconquista wasn't completed until the fall of Grenada in 1492..... and over that 800 year period, there were several Muslim dynasties in various parts of the Iberian peninsula. As with Christian rulers, some were more and some less hostile to the minorities in their territories.
The Golden Age.
That's OUR term for our time in Muslim Spain.
Why did Maimonides leave Cordova? That was not some rhetorical query: it's relevant.