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Caballero Miniatures - February 2022 Set (28mm Resin Miniatures)
Caballero Miniatures - February 2022 Set (28mm Resin Miniatures)
Era: The Spanish Reconquista 0722 AD - 1492 AD
Details: This miniature set includes all models from the Reconquer Designs (Caballero Miniatures) February 2022 release: Yusuf Ibn Tashfin's Black Guard (10 Figures); and Knight Casualty A (1 Knight and 1 Horse).
History: The Reconquista (Spanish and Portuguese for "reconquest") was a period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula of about 780 years between the Umayyad conquest of Hispania in 711, the expansion of the Christian kingdoms throughout Hispania, and the fall of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada in 1492.
Yusuf Ibn Tashfin - Yusuf was an effective general and strategist who put together a formidable army comprising Sudanese contingents, Christian mercenaries, and the Saharan tribes of the Gudala, Lamtuna, and Masufa, which enabled him to expand the empire, onto the plains of Morocco, reaching the Mediterranean.
On October 23, 1086, the Almoravid forces, after a plea for help from, accompanied by approximately 10,000 Andalusian fighters from local Muslim provinces, decisively checked the Reconquista, significantly outnumbering the largest Christian army ever assembled up to that point and defeating them. However, due to significant losses of their own were unable to take advantage and press forward immediately following the victory.
The beginning of the Reconquista is traditionally marked with the Battle of Covadonga (718
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Caballero Miniatures - February 2022 Set (28mm Resin Miniatures)
Caballero Miniatures - February 2022 Set (28mm Resin Miniatures)
Era: The Spanish Reconquista 0722 AD - 1492 AD
Details: This miniature set includes all models from the Reconquer Designs (Caballero Miniatures) February 2022 release: Yusuf Ibn Tashfin's Black Guard (10 Figures); and Knight Casualty A (1 Knight and 1 Horse).
History: The Reconquista (Spanish and Portuguese for "reconquest") was a period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula of about 780 years between the Umayyad conquest of Hispania in 711, the expansion of the Christian kingdoms throughout Hispania, and the fall of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada in 1492.
Yusuf Ibn Tashfin - Yusuf was an effective general and strategist who put together a formidable army comprising Sudanese contingents, Christian mercenaries, and the Saharan tribes of the Gudala, Lamtuna, and Masufa, which enabled him to expand the empire, onto the plains of Morocco, reaching the Mediterranean.
On October 23, 1086, the Almoravid forces, after a plea for help from, accompanied by approximately 10,000 Andalusian fighters from local Muslim provinces, decisively checked the Reconquista, significantly outnumbering the largest Christian army ever assembled up to that point and defeating them. However, due to significant losses of their own were unable to take advantage and press forward immediately following the victory.
The beginning of the Reconquista is traditionally marked with the Battle of Covadonga (718
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