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718–1492 Iberia Status: ended Casualties: Hundreds of thousands across eight centuries

Eight hundred years from Pelayo's stand at Covadonga to Boabdil's surrender of Granada in January 1492 — three months before Columbus sailed. The same year saw the Alhambra Decree and the expulsion of Spanish Jews.

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Belligerents

  • Christian kingdoms (Asturias, León, Castile, Aragon, Portugal)
  • Al-Andalus
  • Almoravids
  • Almohads

Casualties

Hundreds of thousands across eight centuries

From World at War, an interactive atlas by Jairus Pereira. Figures are approximate, drawn from Wikipedia, UCDP, ACLED and academic sources — a design artefact, not an authoritative register. Contact.