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The Christian Principalities (Miriam)

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  • Name given by historians to the territory governed by the kings of Castilla and León from 1230.
    Crown of Castilla
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  • In what year did the Muslim occupation of Spain begin?
    711
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  • Alfonso I (739-757) was the first king of _________?
    Asturias
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  • Pelayo and his followers defeated the Muslims in this famous battle in 722.
    Battle of Covdonga
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  • In what century did Castilla become a kingdom with Fernando as its first king?
    11th Century
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  • The Kingdom of Navarra was previously known as the Kingdom of ________?
    Pamplona
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  • A small state resulting from the division of the Córdoba Caliphate in 1031.
    taifa kingdom
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  • An African Berber tribe that controlled al-Andalus from 1086 to 1145 (before the Almohads).
    Almoravids
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  • A North African Muslim tribe that ruled al-Andalus during the 12th and 13th centuries (after the Almoravids).
    Almohads
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  • The name of the only territiory in Muslim hands between 1232 and 1492, which occupied the modern provinces of Granada, Almería, and Málaga.
    Nasrid Kingdom
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  • The process by which Christians advanced toward the south of the Iberian Peninsula between the 8th and 15th centuries.
    Reconquest
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  • A small territory belonging to the Kingdom of Navarra until the 11th century.
    Aragón
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  • This area was governed by the Kingdom of León until the 10th century.
    Castilla
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  • Boabdil finally surrendered Granada to the Catholic Monarchs in what year?
    1492
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  • Code of law which the king or a lord granted a city certain privileges, such as exemption from taxes.
    fuero
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  • Document in which a king or feudal lord granted the inhabitants of a municipality a series of rights and obligations relating to community life, the exploitation of the land, etc.
    carta puebla
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