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Conquest of Toledo (1085)

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1085 — Alfonso VI takes the old Visigothic capital, the Reconquista’s model conquest. It becomes a rare meeting-place of Arabic, Hebrew and Latin learning — the crusade’s unintended gift of knowledge.

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Turning point
Chapter
Crusades beyond the Holy Land (chapter 9 of Crusades)
Atlas
The Crusades, 1095–1291
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Map showing Conquest of Toledo (1085), turning point in The Crusades, 1095–1291
TURNING POINT · THE CRUSADES, 1095–1291

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