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Terry Foreman  •  Link

Málaga (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmalaɣa]) is a city in Andalusia, Spain. The southernmost large city in Europe, it lies on the Costa del Sol (Coast of the Sun) of the Mediterranean, about 100 km (62.14 mi) east of the Strait of Gibraltar and about 130 km (80.78 mi) north of Africa.

In the 8th century, during the Muslim Arabic rule over Spain, the city became an important trade center.

Málaga was one of the Iberian cities where Muslim rule persisted the longest, having been part of the Emirate of Granada. While most other parts of the peninsula had already succumbed to the reconquista, the medieval Christian Spanish struggled to drive the Muslims out. Málaga was conquered by Christian forces on 18 August 1487, The Muslim inhabitants resisted assaults and artillery bombardments before hunger forced them to surrender, virtually the entire population was sold into slavery or given as "gifts" to other Christian rulers. five years before the fall of Granada. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mala…

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References

Chart showing the number of references in each month of the diary’s entries.

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