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The Moorish Empire gained firm control of the Hispanic Peninsula after Battle of Guadalete.
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The reconquista was lead by the rulers of castile who captured the muslim city of toledo in 1085.
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Aragon and Castile united their armies to fight the muslims for control of what is now called Spain.
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Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile marry each other officially merging the two kingdoms into one.
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Castile captures the cities of Cordoba and Cadiz from the muslims. this leaves the muslims with conrol over only one kindom, Granada. wrong date
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King Ferdinand V and Queen Isabella I's conquistadors capture the only remaining kingdom that is under islamic rule, Granada.
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Cortez arrives in tenochtitlan and is greeted my Montezuma himself. He is offered many gifts and presents as the Aztecs thought him to be a god.
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The spanish officially conqueor the Aztec by wiping them out in a couple of fierce battles, the also left behind smallpox to finish off any survivors.
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my next birthday. (hint: $$$)