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[[File:SlagBijNavasDeTolosa.jpg|thumb|left|The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa]] |
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+ | On the 16 July of 1212 (15 Safar 609), the Almohad army and the joint army of Castile, Navarre, Aragon and Portugal and volunteers met near the Muslim population of Las Navas de Tolosa. Both armies knew that whoever won this war would be the one who decided if the Reconquista would continue or end there. |
| − | The Castilian army attacked first. Its army, made up of 1,000 cavalrymen, were misinformed by a Muslim spy into thinking there were only 10,000 men on the Muslim side, and only asked for the "Órdenes Militares" and the French volunteers, making an army consisting of 1,000 men. Although that was almost a quarter of the total Christian troops, the true Muslim army consisted of approximately |
+ | The Castilian army attacked first. Its army, made up of 1,000 cavalrymen, were misinformed by a Muslim spy into thinking there were only 10,000 men on the Muslim side, and only asked for the "Órdenes Militares" and the French volunteers, making an army consisting of 1,000 men. Although that was almost a quarter of the total Christian troops, the true Muslim army consisted of approximately 22,000–30,000 men. Fighting on a proportion of 5:1, the Aragonese army was quickly surrounded and destroyed. Most of the men died, about three hundred were taken as hostages and about 50 cavalrymen surrendered and converted to Islam. See [[Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (Spain Divided)|Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa]]. Taking advantage of their triumph the Almohad army marched on to occupy Ciudad Real and starting a long campaign to recapture Toledo. |
==Afterwards== |
==Afterwards== |
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In 1212, the Christian armies of Navarre, Aragon and Castile defeated the Almohad army at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, starting the true decline of Al-Andalus. By 1310, it was reduced to the Kingdom of Grenada. But what if the Almohads had won?
The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
On the 16 July of 1212 (15 Safar 609), the Almohad army and the joint army of Castile, Navarre, Aragon and Portugal and volunteers met near the Muslim population of Las Navas de Tolosa. Both armies knew that whoever won this war would be the one who decided if the Reconquista would continue or end there.
The Castilian army attacked first. Its army, made up of 1,000 cavalrymen, were misinformed by a Muslim spy into thinking there were only 10,000 men on the Muslim side, and only asked for the "Órdenes Militares" and the French volunteers, making an army consisting of 1,000 men. Although that was almost a quarter of the total Christian troops, the true Muslim army consisted of approximately 22,000–30,000 men. Fighting on a proportion of 5:1, the Aragonese army was quickly surrounded and destroyed. Most of the men died, about three hundred were taken as hostages and about 50 cavalrymen surrendered and converted to Islam. See Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa. Taking advantage of their triumph the Almohad army marched on to occupy Ciudad Real and starting a long campaign to recapture Toledo.
Afterwards
The united Christian army was disbanded after that. Most Christians blamed each other for losing the war; Castille and was specially targeted.
The Almohads made their move, and in 1240, declared war upon Castile. Soon, the frontier had gone back to the Tagus River and Toledo. However the former glories and territorial conquests of Almanzor could not be repeated. The river Tagus became a long lasting frontier between Muslims and Christians.