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Hello everyone! Today we will be talking about Spain in the Middle Ages and we are going to

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focus on the Reconquista. Between the 8th and the 15th centuries the Christian kingdoms expanded to

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the south of the Iberian Peninsula conquering lands from all Andalus this

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process was called the Recontista so between the 8th and 15th centuries these

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Christian kingdoms grew because they conquered lands from all Andalus

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Alfonso VI was King of Castile. In 1085, he conquered Toledo.

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In 1212, the Christians won the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, and Al-Andalus was reduced to the Kingdom of Granada.

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Jaime I was King of Aragon.

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In 1229, he conquered the Balearic Islands.

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and in 1244 Jaime I conquered parts of Valencia. Fernando III was king of Castile and Leon.

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He conquered Cordoba in 1236 and Seville in 1248. Granada was the last Muslim kingdom in the Iberian

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peninsula christians conquered granada in 1492. okay so let's look at all of this on our timeline

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in 722 a.d there was the battle of covadonga in 1085

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Alfonso VI conquered Toledo in the conquest of Toledo. In 1212, Christians won the battle of

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Navas de Tolosa. After this battle, Al-Andalus became smaller. It was reduced to just the

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Kingdom of Granada in 1229 there was the conquest of the Balearic Islands in 1236

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was the conquest of Cordova and in 1248 it was was the conquest of Sevilla

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Granada was the last Muslim Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula until 1492 when

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the Christians conquered Granada, the conquest of Granada. All of this, this whole process

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was called the Reconquista. Okay, that's all for now.