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| History of Spain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07) |
 | | In 711 Arabs and Berbers converted to Islam, religion founded in the 7th century by prophet Muhammad, afterdominating all the north of Africa, took advantage of a civil war in the Visigothickingdoms in Iberia, jumped the Strait of Gibraltar, and by718 dominated most of the peninsula. |
 | | Alfonso was an impressive leader as well, and did much to improvehis realm to become one of Christian Europe's foremost monarchies, tolerating Moslems to an extent remarkable for his time.During his reign, El Cid, the 11th-century hero of Spain's epic poem was banished andfound refuge with the Muslim king of Zaragoza. |
 | | (See Castilian War of the Communities) Under his successor Philip II, rising inflation, the expulsion of the Jews and Moors from Spain, and the dependency ofSpain on New World gold and silver combined to cause multiple bankruptcies and economic crashes in Spain. |
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