Spanish Reconquista

The war on lands and territories are governed by interests which are either economic or religious.

Economic conquests usually involve the need to tap into a resource a country has. Religious conquests involve the need for the conquering country or kingdom to annex more kingdoms in the name of faith, religion and god. While conquests are not overtly pursued and packaged as such nowadays, history dictate that conquests had been an influential factor in shaping the international socio-political landscape.

A glaring example of this is the Spanish Reconquista. The word Reconquest means to recapture or to take again. The idea itself denotes the need to take back something which was originally theirs. This was what motivated the Spanish Reconquista.

There was a long period in the Middle Ages when the Iberian Peninsula was of Islamic rule. Formerly of Christian rule and influence, the Iberian Peninsula was conquered by Berber and Arab armys known as Moors. Independent Muslim states were established in the region. The Spanish Reconquista were the period when those then-Christian-Muslim regions were recaptured from the Muslims and converted to Catholicism.

The Spanish reconquista was marked by the surrender of Muhammad XII who was the last Muslim emperor. Muhammad XII ruled over Granada. He was the last Muslim ruler. He surrendered his kingdom to Spanish rule, which thus marked the end of the Spanish Crusade to reconquer the region.

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