…the mountainous area around Baeza, intending to …
Years: 1212 - 1212
June
…the mountainous area around Baeza, intending to cut off the Christians at the plain of Las Navas de Tolosa, about forty miles (sixty-four kilometers) north of Jaén.
An-Nasir’s army is composed of forces from the entire Almohad empire.
Most of the men in the Almohad army come from the African side of the empire, which includes Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and even as far away as Mauritania and Senegal, in addition to much of the Iberian peninsula's southern half.
Locations
People
- Afonso II of Portugal
- Alfonso VIII of Castile
- Muhammad al-Nasir
- Peter II of Aragon
- Pope Innocent III
Groups
- Moors
- Muslims, Sunni
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Navarre, Kingdom of
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Castile, Kingdom of
- Cistercians, Order of the (White Friars)
- Aragón, Kingdom of
- Almohad Caliphate
- Salvatierra, Order of
