Question

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in the Iberian Peninsula paralleled the Crusades, as Christian forces sought to reclaim territory from Muslim rulers.

Answer 1

The **Reconquista** in the Iberian Peninsula paralleled the Crusades, as Christian forces sought to reclaim territory from Muslim rulers. The Reconquista was a long period of warfare, lasting from the early 8th century until 1492, when the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, completed the conquest of Granada, the last Muslim stronghold in Spain.