The Reconquista was a process that lasted almost 8 centuries, by which the Christian inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula (that comprises the current territories of Spain and Portugal) tried to conquer back their traditional territories that had been occupied by the Muslims since year 711. Muslims denominated this land as Al-Andalus. The first battle against the Muslim conquerors was celebrated in 722 but the ultimate victory did not arrive until 1492.
In 1492, Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon, whose marriage united the two kingdoms and who were jointly known as the Catholic Monarchs, managed to conquer the city of Granada, the last muslim reign ruled by Boabdil.
They created the Jim Crow Laws, which made African Americans unable to do certain things such as vote and hold office, and the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) threatened African Americans in many ways, even going as far as to murder them.
The Minoan civilization,a Bronze Age civilization, arose on the island
of Crete and flourished from approximately the 27th century BC to the
15th century BC.
