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 | | In the 11th century a considerable part of Aragón was captured from the Muslims by Sancho III, King of Navarre, who also conquered León and Castile, and in 1033 he made his son, Ferdinand I, King of Castile. |
 | | His capital, Córdoba, became the most splendid city in Europe except for Constantinople, and Spanish civilization during the Moorish supremacy was far in advance of that of the rest of the continent. |
 | | The dynasty ended with the death of Hisham III in 1036 and the caliphate split into a number of independent and mutually hostile Moorish kingdoms, including Córdoba, Granada, Seville, Toledo, Lisbon, Saragossa, Murcia, and Valencia. |
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