The last of England's possessions was Calais, which was lost in 1558. (From 1658-1662 Dunkirk was an English possession, but was sold to France).
The Moors invaded Europe to defeat the Christian Visigoths in the Iberian Peninsula. They intended to spread Islam across this area, which is now known as Spain.
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Spain expelled the Muslim Moors in the 15th century.
Remember this saying, "In 732 at the battle of Tours, Charles Martel defeated the Moors." He was king of the Franks.
It is a magnifiscent example of Moorish architecture and the last stronghold of the Moors in Spain.
The Moors were overthrown in 1492 with the fall of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain. This event marked the end of Muslim rule in the Iberian Peninsula.
Granada was the site of the last Moorish kingdom in Spain. It was surrendered to Isabel and Ferdinand in 1492.
The Moors were a group of primarily Muslim people of North African descent who invaded and occupied present-day Spain in the 8th century. By the 16th century, the Moorish presence in Europe was significantly reduced, with the last Muslim stronghold in Granada falling in 1492. Some Moors remained in Spain, while others were expelled or assimilated into Spanish society.
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The last Moorish stronghold on the Iberian peninsula was Granada. It fell to the Catholic Monarchs, Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon, in 1492, marking the end of Muslim rule in the region.
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Granada was the last city to be Moorish territory.
The last of the Moorish states in Spain was Granada.
The last Christian stronghold in the Holy Land seized by Muslim forces in 1291 was Acre. It was taken in the Siege of Acre.
At no time did the Moors control all of the Iberian Peninsula on which modern Spain is located. The Moors invaded the peninsula in 710 AD and the last Moorish stronghold surrendered in 1492 AD, so there were Moors in power in some part of the peninsula for 782 years. They never controlled Spain, as such, because it didn't come into being until 23 years after the Moors were physically evicted from the peninsula. Spain did not exist as a single country until 1516 when the major kingdoms of Castile, Leon, Aragon and Navarre were united under one monarch. Carlos I became the ruler of all of them. He was, at the same time, Carlos (Charles) V, Holy Roman Emperor.