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Simancas, Battle of

Years: 939 - 939

The Battle of Simancas (also called Alhandega or al-Khandaq) is a military battle that starts on July 19, 939, in the Iberian Peninsula between the troops of the king of León, Ramiro II, and Cordovan caliph Abd al-Rahman III, near the walls of the city of Simancas.

The battle decides the control of the lands of the Duero.

"If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development."

— Aristotle, Politics, Book I, Chapter 2