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Event war Europe

Fitna of al-Andalus

1009 CE – 1031 CE

Civil war shattered the Caliphate of Córdoba into dozens of taifa kingdoms, fatally weakening Muslim Iberia and opening the way for the Christian Reconquista.

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1009-1031 civil war in al-Andalus

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Fitna of al-Andalus

1009 CE – 1031 CE

Civil war shattered the Caliphate of Córdoba into dozens of taifa kingdoms, fatally weakening Muslim Iberia and opening the way for the Christian Reconquista.

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