Why Did the Reconquista Take So Long? | 60 Seconds History

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[@LuisAldamiz]

Answer: it didn't: it was a matter of a century or two, beginning in the Castilian Conquest or Toledo and ending in the conquest of Cordoba, Seville and Cadiz, plus the vassallage of the Emirate of Qarnata (Granada). There was no real "reconquest" previously, just wars for the north of the peninsula, mostly the Muslims raiding in demand of tribute. Anyway, between 714 and 1031, Muslim Iberia (Al Andalus) was very strong and unified, first as subservient Emirate, then as independent Emirate (under the exiled last Ummayads) and eventually as Caliphate (one of several in those days) after Abd al-Rahman III and successors. Successors grew weak and the last Caliph was effectively under the rule of his generalissimo, the arrogant and brutal Al Mansur. When Al Mansur died, the Caliphate broke up into many statelets that were easy prey for the militaristic Christian realms, notably Castile. The successive interventions of the fanatic Almoravids and Almohads did little to help the taifas and actually "spiced" the real Reconquista of tales of Muslim intolerance and Christian martyrs (imagine HTS in your backyard), and also of the semi-legendary condottiero El Cid (who mostly worked for the independent Muslim realm of Saraqusta/Zaragoza BTW, confronted with both sides).

[@r.ladaria135]

During the reconquest there were three new invasions by the empires formed in North Africa, from Morocco to Egypt. The Almohads and Almoravids, who were only able to conquer the Muslim taifas, but they halted the Christian advance towards the South.

[@Benito-lr8mz]

Exactly the Muslims Re- alimented the soldiers since África in other things the Christian Kingdoms the European help is very very few ; the great defeat of Muslims in Navas de Tolosa Battle and the unstopable avanced of Reconquista to south and the domain of sea of the south of Spain start the end of Muslim era in Spain and Peninsula in general

[@michaellepp5445]

The Christian Kingdoms were disorganized and ruled by petty rulers at times. They spent many years fighting among themselves. The caliphates were disorganized at times also. There were three different caliphates. I guess they weren't in a big rush.

[@Benito-lr8mz]

And missing in your history the re-alimentation of Muslims for Sraight of Gibraltar with soldiers ; but the European Christian help in Reconquista is almost zero ; in fact the Reconquista end with Castillian and Aragonese.navys seal the sea un south and east of Spain for exemple in Granada Kingdom.

[@r.ladaria135]

The modern Iberian DNA investigation shows that the Ethnic cleansing of all NA elements is not a myth. So it took a while to consolidate the new gains.

[@pickled_avocado68]

Removal of the invaders.

[@r.ladaria135]

I would like to know about a single intervention of the Christian europeans realms in Spain against the Muslims since Charlemagne.

[@60secsknowledge]

Financial support and mercenaries.

[@r.ladaria135]

@@60secsknowledge Would you specify that financial support and mercenaries when came here and how? Not the intervention in our civil wars Pedro vs Juan 100 years war.

[@mikatu]

There were no Spaniards because Spain didn't exist then. There were a series of Christian Kingdoms that eventually gave origin to the current Spanish regions. Those Kingdoms were the ones that united many centuries later and formed the country that is known today as Spain. And one that went to form Portugal. That region was given to a Frenchman (from Burgundy, which wasn't France yet) to thank him for his support in the fight against the Moors. That region broke away from the Crown of Leon. In fact, Portugal expelled all the Moors many decades before Spain was able to do it.

[@Benito-lr8mz]

Its the same in Italy all people talikng about Rome and Italy and Italy no exists in Rome times

[@alperkaanbilir1776]

Muslims conquered Spain from a foreign, Germanic dynasty; and a very oppressive one at that. In their case driving out a small and incompetent military elite out of the country was sufficient. Christians on the other hand were fighting people of their own ethnicity. Most people in Al-Andalus were not Arabs or Berbers, they were simply Spanish converts to Islam. They spoke a language closely related to Spanish, known today as Andalusian Romance. And the options Muslim Spaniards had during the Reconquista were victory, death and exile. Not even conversion to Christianity allowed them to live in their homes after a defeat; all former Muslims were expulsed from Christian Spain sooner or later. Sometimes formerly Muslim families were deported to Africa three or four generations after their conversion to Christianity. Naturally the war became a long one.

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