https://earlymoderneurope.hist.sites.carleton.edu/files/original/bbed0ab78f8549fc76ef28acaad40aee.jpg 2fb30c6d4a30663399813439862553f2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Siege of Granada Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fransisco Pradilla Ortiz Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource John Selkowtiz Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1492 Description An account of the resource “On the day when King Abí Abdilehi shall surrender the fortresses and tower, Their Highnesses shall order that his son shall be returned to him, along with all the hostages, and their wives and children, with the exception of those who have converted to Christianity” (Cowans 16) The excerpt above is a segment of the treaty that surrenders the Kingdom of Granada, the last kingdom that was under control by the Muslim Moors in the Iberian Peninsula. Beginning in the early 8th century the Reconquista was an effort by Christians to take back the Iberian Peninsula from invading Muslim Moors. Over the next few centuries Christian forces that soon became the Spanish kingdoms led the efforts to take back the peninsula. This was finally fully achieved in 1492 with the capture of Grenada. With the successful campaign of the Reconquista, Spain under the rule of Ferdinand and Isabella could now focus on exerting its influence abroad. It is not a coincidence that in that same year Columbus was sponsored by Spain to sail West in order to find a new route to Asia. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granada_War#/media/File:La_Rendici%C3%B3n_de_Granada_-_Pradilla.jpg Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain