HIST 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Lateen, Cultural Judaism, Iberian Peninsula
Document Summary
Evidence suggests ferdinand and isabella used trebuchets in conquest of granada because body parts were hurled. Evidence suggests international arms trade used in granada because foreign weapons/tactics reported. Granada able to hold out for so long because the muslims holding out had nothing left; fighting for last thing they owned desperation. Small arms impacted conflict in granada by breeching holes in the walls and protecting soldiers using cannons. Granada last stronghold of muslim resistance to spanish crown. Spain was strongest power in europe in the 15000s. Spain/portugal became really good at making ships/sails to help with international trade. 1590 peak of imports of treasures to spain: amount of expenses were excessive, decline of imports but same amount of expenses = bankruptcy. Conviction that god was on their side. Spanish had interaction with north africa and middle east. Navarre kingdom only part of europe that didn"t speak an indo-european language: one of last parts to integrate into spanish kingdom.
