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The Reconquista ends with the conquest of Grenada. The Jews are expelled from Spain. Queen Isabella sponsors the expedition of explorer Christopher Columbus. He discovers the New World.
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The Spanish Inquisitions begins.
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The Kingdom of Spain is formed when Isabella and Ferdinand are made King and Queen uniting Aragon and Castile.
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1469 - Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon are married.
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1139 - The Kingdom of Portugal is first established on the west coast of the Iberian Peninsula.
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1137 - The Kingdom of Aragon is formed.
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El Cid conquers the city of Valencia from the Moors.
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The Reconquista begins by the Christians to retake Spain.
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The moors invade Spain and the name is Al Andalus The Moors were a group of North African and Arabian Muslims who lived in Spain and Portugal during the Middle Ages. The term "Moor" was used by Europeans to describe people of North African descent with dark skin.
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The Visigoths take over Spain. The Visigoths were a Germanic tribe who migrated into the Roman Empire and established a kingdom in Spain and Gaul. They were part of the East Germanic people, who also included the Ostrogoths.