Almohad–Castilian wars

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military conflict series of wars

The Almohad–Castilian wars were a series of late 12th- and early 13th-century conflicts between the Muslim Almohad Caliphate and the Christian Kingdom of Castile that shaped the course of the Reconquista in the Iberian Peninsula.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Almohad–Christian wars in Iberia	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military conflict ⓘ series of wars ⓘ
belligerentReligion	Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	religious and political rivalry between Christian and Muslim states ⓘ struggle for control of central and southern Iberia ⓘ
chronologicalPredecessor	Almoravid–Christian conflicts in Iberia NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologicalSuccessor	Castilian wars against the Taifa kingdoms ⓘ
coalitionParticipant	Crown of Aragon NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Navarre NERFINISHED ⓘ Military orders in Iberia ⓘ
conflictBetween	Almohad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	early 13th century ⓘ
hasKeyEvent	Almohad victory at Alarcos NERFINISHED ⓘ Christian coalition victory at Las Navas de Tolosa ⓘ
hasMainBelligerent	Almohad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorBattle	Battle of Alarcos NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Alarcos (1195) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	High Middle Ages ⓘ
involved	fortified frontier towns ⓘ raids and counter-raids across the frontier ⓘ
languageOfSources	Arabic ⓘ Latin ⓘ Old Castilian NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Al-Andalus NERFINISHED ⓘ Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryTheater	Guadalquivir valley NERFINISHED ⓘ central Iberian plateau ⓘ
opponent	Caliph Abu Yaqub Yusuf NERFINISHED ⓘ Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur NERFINISHED ⓘ King Alfonso VIII of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ King Ferdinand III of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ
outcome	decline of Almohad power in Iberia ⓘ rise of Castile as dominant Christian power in central Iberia ⓘ
partOf	Christian–Muslim wars in Iberia ⓘ Reconquista NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Almohad conquest of Iberia NERFINISHED ⓘ Crusades in the Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Taifa kingdoms of Al-Andalus NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousAspect	Christian–Muslim conflict ⓘ
result	Castilian territorial expansion in Iberia ⓘ
significance	shaped the course of the Reconquista ⓘ
startTime	late 12th century ⓘ
territorialContext	Castile–Almohad frontier in central Iberia NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Battle of Alarcos → partOf → Almohad–Castilian wars ⓘ

Almohad infantry → roleIn → Almohad–Castilian wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Almohad–Christian wars in Iberia