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  Granada, Nicaragua - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
GRANADA, the capital of the department of Granada, Nicaragua; 32 m.
Granada is built on the north-western shore of Lake Nicaragua, of which it is the principal port.
Granada was founded in 1523 by Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba.
www.1911ency.org /G/GR/GRANADA.htm   (273 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Isabella I
The Christians were favoured by the internal troubles of Granada, which were due to the party of the Emir Muley Hassan and his son Boabdil, and, after the death of the former, to the supporters of his uncle Abdallah el Zagal.
This was the case at the siege of Malaga, and at that of Baza, where the stern usages of war did not hinder the Moorish leader, Cid Hiaya, from displaying his chivalry towards the queen.
Granada surrendered 2 January, 1492, and the territorial unity of the Spanish monarchy was established.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/08177a.htm   (1933 words)

  
 BAZA - Online Information article about BAZA
Granada; in the Hoya de Baza, a fruitful valley of the Sierra See also:
RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)
kingdom of Granada, with an extensive trade, and a population estimated at 50,000.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /BAR_BEC/BAZA.html   (389 words)

  
 TIMELINE 13th CENTURY page of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE
Due to the color of their tents, they were called "The Golden Horde." I am obliged to mention the screamingly funny "The Last Hurrah of the Golden Horde" by Norman Spinrad, which takes a science fictional look at a bathetic final act of this great drama.
1238: The Moors found their last refuge in Spain, in the Kingdom of Granada, before they were finally expelled in 1492.
In this decade, the statues of a guild in Speyer, Germany, constitute the earliest known image of a Spinning Wheel in the West.
www.magicdragon.com /UltimateSF/timeline13.html   (4950 words)

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