What was the Requista in Spain?

Answer 1

The Reconquista (The Reconquest of Spain) began almost as soon as the Moors invaded in 711. It was finally completed in 1492 when the last Moors surrendered. It took place over 781 years, not just one century.

Answer 2

The Reconquista is the name given to the period during which the Portuguese and Spaniards succeeded in reconquering the Iberian Peninsula from the Muslim invaders.

The invasion took place in the year 711 and was carried out about in 715.

The Reconquista began in 722 and ended in 1492, when the kings Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabel of Castile seized the last still standing Islamic Reign of Granada.