Interesting map showing the expansion of the Christian kingdoms (Castile, Portugal, Aragon) in the early thirteenth century following the defeat of the Almohads and Andalusi Muslims at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212)
Expansion of Christian Spain in the Thirteenth Century
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