• AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    That, and Spain (or whoever else) wouldn’t be coming in fresh off the surrender of Granada, with the attitude that all non-Christian states must be conquered as a matter of principle.

    • Luizamarns@lemmy.todayOP
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      7 hours ago

      Exactly without that post Granada mindset, expansion wouldn’t have been driven by the same “conquest by principle” attitude, which could’ve changed a lot of outcomes.