Fall of Granada

1492 CE · military

With the surrender of Granada in 1492, the centuries-long Christian process of reconquest known as the Reconquista was completed on the Iberian Peninsula.

Granada, the last Muslim emirate in al-Andalus, surrendered to the combined power of the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon. Thus the Muslim political presence on the peninsula came to an end.

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What was Fall of Granada?
With the surrender of Granada in 1492, the centuries-long Christian process of reconquest known as the Reconquista was completed on the Iberian Peninsula.
When did Fall of Granada happen?
1492 CE