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The city of Zaragoza is conquered by king Alfonso I of Aragon from the Almoravid.

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Zaragoza

Capital of Aragon, Spain

Zaragoza, traditionally known in English as Saragossa, is the capital city of the province of Zaragoza and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributaries, the Huerva and the Gállego, roughly in the centre of both Aragon and the Ebro…
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Alfonso the Battler

King of Aragon and Navarre from 1104 to 1134

Alfonso I, called the Battler or the Warrior, was King of Aragon and Navarre from 1104 until his death in 1134. He was the second son of King Sancho Ramírez and successor of his brother Peter I. With his marriage to Urraca, queen regnant of Castile, León and Galicia, in 1109, he…
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Almoravid dynasty

1040–1147 Berber dynasty in west Africa and Iberia

The Almoravid dynasty was a Berber Muslim dynasty centered in the territory of present-day Morocco. It established an empire that stretched over the western Maghreb and Al-Andalus, starting in the 1050s and lasting until its fall to the Almohads in 1147.
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December 18

Day of the year

December 18 is the 352nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 13 days remain until the end of the year.
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