Reconquista
period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula
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Summary
Reconquista is a military campaign[1]. Reconquista ranks in the top 0.66% of military campaign entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,592 views/month, #3 of 452).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: war[3], religious war[4], annexation[5]
- Location: Iberian Peninsula[6], Maghreb[7]
- Subclass of: Crusades[8]
- Part of: history of the Iberian Peninsula[9]
- Commons category: Reconquista[10]
- Has part(s): Siege of Toledo[11], Siege of Madrid[12], Siege of Lisbon[13], Siege of Algeciras[14]
- Start time: 722[15]
- End time: January 2, 1492[16]
- Participant: Kingdom of Asturias[17], Kingdom of Leon[18], Kingdom of Castile[19], Kingdom of Navarre[20], Kingdom of Aragon[21], Kingdom of Portugal[22], Catalan counties[23], religious military order[24], Almohad Caliphate[25], Marinid dynasty[26], Emirate of Granada[27], Almoravid dynasty[28], Umayyad Caliphate[29], emirate of Córdoba[30]
- Topic's main category: Category:Reconquista[31]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[32]
- Has effect: Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa[33]
- Different from: conquistador[34], Reconquista[35]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[36]
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Outcome and Impact
Things named for Reconquista include Reconquête[37], a political party[38], in France[39], founded in 2021[40], headquartered in Paris[41].
Why It Matters
Reconquista has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Reconquista is known by 91 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]
Entities named for Reconquista include Reconquête[37], a political party[38], in France[39], founded in 2021[40], headquartered in Paris[41].