Christian–Muslim frontier wars

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The Christian–Muslim frontier wars were a series of protracted military and religious conflicts between Christian kingdoms and Muslim-ruled territories on the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages, forming a central part of the broader Reconquista.

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval war ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
religious conflict ⓘ
characterizedBy long-term intermittent conflict ⓘ
military frontier zones (marches) ⓘ
religiously framed ideology ⓘ
chronologicalContext Middle Ages ⓘ
conflictBetween Christian kingdoms ⓘ
Muslim-ruled territories ⓘ
endTime late 15th century ⓘ
geographicalScope al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Al-Andalus

northern Iberian Christian kingdoms ⓘ
hasAspect frontier warfare ⓘ
raids and counter-raids ⓘ
religious justification of war ⓘ
settlement and repopulation of frontier zones ⓘ
shifting alliances across religious lines ⓘ
siege warfare ⓘ
hasMainBelligerent Almohad Caliphate ⓘ
linked to: Almohad dynasty

Almoravid dynasty ⓘ
Caliphate of Córdoba ⓘ
Crown of Aragon ⓘ
Emirate of Córdoba ⓘ
Kingdom of Castile ⓘ
Kingdom of León ⓘ
Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
Nasrid Emirate of Granada ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Granada

Taifa kingdoms ⓘ
linked to: taifa kingdoms
historicalRegion Douro valley ⓘ
linked to: Douro basin

Ebro valley ⓘ
linked to: Ebro basin

Tagus valley ⓘ
linked to: Tagus Basin

al-Andalus frontier ⓘ
influenced Christian–Muslim relations in the western Mediterranean ⓘ
formation of medieval Iberian Christian kingdoms ⓘ
location Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
partOf Reconquista ⓘ
relatedTo Crusades ⓘ
Portuguese Reconquista ⓘ
Spanish Reconquista ⓘ
linked to: Reconquista
religiousAspect Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
result contraction of Muslim-ruled territories in Iberia ⓘ
expansion of Christian-ruled territories in Iberia ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Covadonga ⓘ
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa ⓘ
Fall of Granada ⓘ
linked to: Granada War

Siege of Toledo (1085) ⓘ
startTime 8th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Simancas → partOf → Christian–Muslim frontier wars ⓘ
Battle of San Esteban de Gormaz → partOf → Christian–Muslim wars in the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Christian–Muslim frontier wars
Ramiro II of León → conflict → Christian–Muslim wars in the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Christian–Muslim frontier wars
Taifa of Toledo → partOfConflict → Christian–Muslim frontier in Iberia ⓘ
linked to: Christian–Muslim frontier wars
Taifa of Granada → partOfConflict → Christian–Muslim frontier conflicts in Iberia ⓘ
linked to: Christian–Muslim frontier wars