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European Captives Sold Into Slavery By Barbary Pirates From the 16th to the 19th centuries, Barbary pirates operating from North Africa — including present-day Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya — captured Europeans and Americans to sell them int...

Expulsion of Jews from the Kingdom of Naples In 1540, Jewish communities in the Kingdom of Naples were expelled as the region came under the control of the Spanish crown and became subject to Spanish Inquisition policies. The expulsion order required Jews ...

Expulsion of Jews from Portugal On December 5, 1497, King Manuel I of Portugal issued an edict requiring all Jews to either convert to Christianity or leave the kingdom. Unlike the Spanish expulsion of 1492, the Portuguese decree largely forced conversion,...

On March 31, 1492, the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, issued the Alhambra Decree, ordering all Jews in Castile and Aragon to leave by July 31, 1492, unless they converted to Christianity. The decree restricted...

Moorish Invasion Of The Iberian Peninsula On April 30, 711, Umayyad forces led by the Berber commander Tariq ibn Ziyad crossed the Strait of Gibraltar from North Africa into the Iberian Peninsula. The landing marked the beginning of the Moorish i...

Trans‑Saharan Slave Trade The Trans‑Saharan slave trade began around the mid‑7th century following the Treaty of Baqt in 652 CE, which established formal relations between Arab rulers in Egypt and the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. Over mo...

The Prophet Muhammad received the first revelation of the Quran. Islam rapidly spread across the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond. This reshaped religious, political, and cultural history worldwide.