WORLD HISTORY

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: -In A.D. 711, a group of North African Muslims led by the Berber general, Tariq ibn-Ziyad, captured the Iberian Peninsula (modern Spain and Portugal). Known as al-Andalus, the territory became a prosperous cultural and economic center where education and the arts and sciences flourished.

Detailed explanation-3: -The kingdom of Granada falls to the Christian forces of King Ferdinand V and Queen Isabella I, and the Moors lose their last foothold in Spain.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Spanish Reconquista was a centuries-long effort by the Christian kingdoms of Spain to reclaim the Iberian Peninsula from Muslim rule. The campaign began in AD 718 and lasted until AD 1492, when Granada, the last Muslim stronghold in Iberia, fell to the Catholic forces.

Detailed explanation-5: -Finally, the Reconquista was driven by a desire for land and profit. Because kings in the Middle Ages were not as strong or as wealthy as they would later become, most military actions against the Moors were privately financed.