HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Question
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take back the Holy Lands.
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expel Muslims from Egypt.
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force Muslims out of Spain.
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reunite Spain and Portugal.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What was the Reconquista? The Reconquista was a centuries-long series of battles by Christian states to expel the Muslims (Moors), who from the 8th century ruled most of the Iberian Peninsula. Visigoths had ruled Spain for two centuries before they were overrun by the Umayyad empire.
Detailed explanation-2: -Between 1492 and 1610, some 3, 000, 000 Muslims voluntarily left or were expelled from Spain, resettling in North Africa. This displaced population provided an army of recruits prepared for commercial war against Christendom, launching piratical attacks from bases in Algiers, Tunis, Morocco, and Tripoli.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Crusades were a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims started primarily to secure control of holy sites considered sacred by both groups.