Diversity: geographic, ethnic, and political

• Geographic

  • patchwork of regions
  • border between Europe and Africa

• Political, 5 independent kingdoms:

  • Portugal (1 million), Granada (muslim, 500k), Navarre (200k), Castille (4.5 million)

• Ethnic

  • Roman, Germanic, Jewish, Muslim and indigenous elements
  • Basques to Castillans, Catalans to Portuguese

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