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Group: Mutapa, Kingdom of
People: John Talbot
Topic: Melilla, Conquest of
Location: Osimo Marche Italy

Melilla, Conquest of

Years: 1497 - 1497

The Conquest of Melilla occurs in September 1497, when a Spanish fleet seizes the Moroccan city of Melilla.

"Remember that the people you are following didn’t know the end of their own story. So they were going forward day by day, pushed and jostled by circumstances, doing the best they could, but walking in the dark, essentially."

—Hilary Mantel, AP interview (2009)