A History of Europe, Key Battles
The Gibraltar Crusades is the name given to the struggle for control of the Straits between Spain and Morocco in the 13th and 14th centuries. Castile and the Marinid dynasty of Morocco fought each other and Granada, the last Muslim state in Iberia.
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Picture: Remnants of the city of al-Mansoura, constructed by the Marinids during their siege of Tlemcen
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