reconquest sicily and spain Flashcards
1
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conflict in the mediterranean basin
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with muslims over land (the mediterranean islands)
2
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reconquest of sicily
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- important mediterranean island
- muslim conquered
- returned back to christianity by normans
- eventually, islam disappears
3
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Roger Guiscard
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took the conquest of sicily
4
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reconquista of Spain
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took longer to recapture
-the caliphate of cordoba ruled like the entire Iberian peninsula except for small part in Catalonia and kingdom of León.
- they used those 2 parts and pushed downwards until they had all of Iberian peninsula EXCEPT for Grenada, which wasn’t taken until 1492
- France and England sent reinforcements after christian forces had taken over half