The Entire History of the Reconquista
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#reconquista #history #documentary CHECK OUT OUR MAP STORE HERE: https://www.redbubble.com/people/MapStory/shop WATCH THIS AND ALL OUR VIDEOS OVER ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ONNqWZ8qsl6DIyIp0uR8s?si=a444627f2aa343d7 WATCH THIS AND ALL OUR VIDEOS COMPLETELY AD-FREE OVER ON OUR SUBSTACK: https://thisishistory.substack.com/?r=2zq5ao&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklist The Reconquista was a series of military campaigns waged by the Christian kingdoms of northern Iberia against the Muslim-ruled territory of al-Andalus. Spanning the early eighth century to 1492, it is often imagined as one continuous holy war, but was really a fractured, on-again-off-again struggle marked by shifting alliances and internal rivalries, with as much fighting between Christians or between Muslims as between the two faiths. Its roots lie in the Islamic conquests after Muhammad's death in 632. Arab armies expanded under the Rashidun and then Umayyad caliphates, reaching North Africa's coast by 7
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