# Hist 281

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# Hist 281 final - 1492 - key date - fall of Granada - Jewish expulsion - end of Reconquista - Reconquista: a long process in which Christian kingdoms in the Iberian Peninsula slowly reconquered territory from Muslim rulers - starting in 718 & ending in 1492 with the fall of Granada in Spain. This took place for many centuries as Christian rulers expanded their political & religious control. By the late 1400's leaders like Ferdinand & Isabella pushed to fully unity Spain under Catholicism. The reconquista is significant because it led to the creation of a religiously unified Spanish state & set the stage for policies like the expulsion of Jews & the persecution of Muslims. - fall of Granada Occurred in 1492 when the last Muslim kingdom in Spain was conquered by Ferdinand & Isabella. This marked the end of Muslim political rule in the Iberian Peninsula after centuries of Islamic presence. After this conquest, Muslims were pressured to convert or leave. This event is significant because it completed the Reconquista & alluded Spain to enforce religious unity. - Ferdinand & Isabella Ferdinand & Isabella wore the Catholic monarchs who ruled Spain i...