A common example is " la Cucaracha " which is derived from an Arabic sailors song from the Moores prior the Reconquista.

A common example is " la Cucaracha " which is derived from an Arabic sailors song from the Moores prior the Reconquista.

He achieved the independence of the southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia, the County of Portugal, from Galicia's overlord, the King of León, in 1139, establishing a new kingdom and doubling its area with the Reconquista, an objective that he pursued until his death, in 1185, after forty-six years of wars against the Moors.

The second period was characterized by the Spanish attempts to reimpose arbitrary rule during the period known as the Reconquista of 1814 – 1817 (" Reconquest ": the term echoes the Reconquista in which the Christian kingdoms retook Iberia from the Muslims ).

The Gothic victory at Covadonga is regarded as the initiation of the Reconquista, and it was from the Asturian kingdom that modern Spain evolved.

The monarchs oversaw the final stages of the Reconquista of Iberian territory from the Moors with the conquest of Granada, conquered the Canary Islands, and expelled the Jews and Muslims from Spain under the Alhambra decree.

The popular stories says that Cordoba, Abd al-Rahman III had executed a young man from León who was held as a hostage, because he had refused his advances during the Reconquista.

Most Berber / Arab people and the Jews were expelled from the Iberian Peninsula during the Reconquista and the repopulation by Christians.

When used as a historical period in traditional Spanish and Portuguese historiography, the term Reconquista has often been used to refer to a period extending from 718 ( or 722 according to other sources ) to 1492, when the last remaining Islamic state in Iberia, the Emirate of Granada, was defeated.

Real, legendary, and fictional episodes from the Reconquista are the subject of much of medieval Galician-Portuguese literature, Spanish literature, and Catalan literature, such as the cantar de gesta.

It can be questioned due to the Portuguese Reconquista that had ended in 1249, and both the Castillian and Portuguese kingdoms that may have begun profiting from maritime expansion along Africa before the Jews and Moors were expelled.

In the 9th and 10th centuries great spaces in Castilla were colonized, coinciding with the Reconquista, resulting in the Christian military repossession of the Iberian Peninsula from the Muslims.

The palace complex is designed in the Mudéjar style which is characteristic of western elements reinterpreted into Islamic forms and widely popular during the Reconquista, the reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from the Muslims by the Christian kingdoms.

* Reconquista: King Ferdinand III of Castile recaptures the city of Seville from the Moors and Prince Alfonso X of Castile the city of Alicante.

In Spain, the Reconquista continued as several important cities were recaptured from the Moors.

* 1263 – King James I of Aragon conquers Crevillente, Spain from the Moors during the Reconquista.

* 1265 – King Alfonso X of Castile captures the city of Alicante, Spain from the Moors during the Reconquista.

* June 29 – Spain: Córdoba is taken by the Castillan troops from the emir Ibn Hud al-Yamadi as part of the movement of Reconquista.

* King Afonso III of Portugal recaptures Faro and Silves in the Algarve from the Moors, thus ending the Portuguese Reconquista.

* King James I of Aragon conquers Crevillente, Spain from the Moors during the Reconquista.

* Reconquista: King Alfonso X of Castile captures the city of Alicante, Spain from the Moors.

The County of Castile, which originally included Cantabria ( excepting Liébana ), part of Vizcaya, most of Burgos and parts of La Rioja., became the leading force in the northern Christian states ' 800-year Reconquista (" reconquest ") of central and southern Spain from the Muslim rulers who had dominated most of the peninsula since the early 8th century.

Charles's grandson, Charlemagne, became the first Christian ruler to begin what would be called the Reconquista from Europe.

Through his victory at the Battle of Covadonga, he is credited with beginning the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian peninsula from the Moors.

These explorations were followed, notably in the case of Spain, by a phase of conquest: The Spaniards, having just finished the Reconquista of Spain from Muslim rule, were the first to colonize the Americas, applying the same model of governing to the former Al-Andalus as to their territories of the New World.

After quarterback Jay Cutler came down with an injury in 2011, where the Bears lost 5 straight games and was knocked out of playoff contention, his absence was bemoaned in a song parodying the hit Baby Come Back as a parody called Cutty Come Back.

On August 2, 2011, Barrymore directed the music video for the song " Our Deal ", for the band Best Coast, which features Chloë Grace Moretz, Miranda Cosgrove, Tyler Posey, Donald Glover, Shailene Woodley and Alia Shawkat.

In 2011, a South African court banned " Dubulu iBhunu ( Shoot the Boer )," a derogatory song degrading Afrikaners, on the basis that it violated a South African law prohibiting speech that demonstrates a clear intention to be hurtful, to incite harm, or to promote hatred.

The title track was a big hit and was used for Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney's theme song for his campaign in 2011 and 2012. It reached platinum a year after its release.

In November 2011, Kid Rock released " Care " a protest song about current politics in D. C.

In 2011 Lemmy appeared on the song " Debauchery As A Fine Art " from Michael Monroe's solo album Sensory Overdrive.

* Montezuma, a song by Fleet Foxes from their 2011 album Helplessness Blues

On March 5, 2011, The Presidents performed a new tribute song, " Can't Stop ( Catchin ' ' Em All )" at the Nintendo World launch event for the video games Pokémon Black and White.

A reworking of the song appears on the 2011 album Director's Cut as Song of Solomon.

*" Seven Sisters ", a song by Tori Amos from Her 2011 album, Night of Hunters

* The song " Art of the Dress " on Season 1 of the children's program My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic ( 2011 ) is similar to a Sondheim song.

* 2011: Mathilde Santing recorded this song version for her live album Luck be a lady.

* 2011 Sandi Patty recorded this song on her album, Broadway Stories

* Mediate: The Ralphi Rosario Remixes ( 2011 ) Ralphi Rosario remix album of the INXS song " Mediate " featuring Tricky.

In March 2011, the Tommy James song I'm Alive ( co-written with Peter Lucia ) became a top 20 hit in the Netherlands for UK singer Don Fardon after his version had been used in a Vodafone commercial.

On June 8, 2011, a press release, reported on various media sources, announced that the new song " Flyin ' High " will debut in space.

The song reached # 25 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart in September 2011.

* " Iris " ( Emmy the Great song ), 2011

* American Atmospheric black metal band Abigail Williams recorded a song named " Akasha " in their most recent 2011 album " Becoming ".

* Battles 2011 album Gloss Drop contains a song titled " Wall Street.

* " Epic " ( Sandro Silva & Quintino song ), 2011

* " Drift " ( Emily Osment song ), 2011

Vernian Process ' 2011 single " Something Wicked ( That Way Went )" features a sampled calliope throughout the song.

*" Sumeria ", a song on Canadian musician Devin Townsend's 2011 album Deconstruction