Region: Iberia
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Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
A 1212 coalition victory over Almohad forces that weakened Almohad authority in Iberia and reshaped the thirteenth-century frontier.
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Lisbon captured
Portuguese forces supported by crusading contingents captured Lisbon in 1147, shifting control of a major Atlantic-port city.
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Battle of Ucles
A significant Almoravid victory over Castilian forces that showed the frontier remained contested after Toledo and Sagrajas.
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Fitna of al-Andalus
Civil war fractured the Cordoban caliphate and opened the way for taifa politics.
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Caliphate abolished; taifas consolidate
The Cordoban caliphate ended and independent taifa courts consolidated.
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Zaragoza
Important Ebro valley city and taifa capital where frontier politics, palace culture, and later reuse remain visible.
