Fill in the Blanks LAS NAVAS DE TOLOSA BATTLEOnline version Text about Las Navas de Tolosa battle and fill the gaps with selected vocabulary. by Alfonso Poza 1 1212 war Battle Berber Christian army slave defeat battlefield Caliph king legend The of Las Navas de Tolosa took place on 16 July and was an important turning point in the Reconquista and in the medieval history of Spain . The forces of King Alfonso VIII of Castile were joined by the armies of Sancho VII of Navarre , Peter II of Aragon and Afonso II of Portugal , in battle against the Almohad Muslim ruler . The al - Nasir led the Almohad army . Most of the men in the Almohad came from the African side of the empire . According to , the Caliph had his tent surrounded with a bodyguard of - warriors who were chained together as a defense . The Navarrese Sancho VII broke through this bodyguard . The Caliph escaped , but the Moors were defeated leaving heavy casualties on the . The victorious Christians seized several prizes of : Caliph's tent and standard were sent to Pope . The Caliph Muhammad al - Nasir himself died in Marrakech ( Morocco ) shortly after the battle , where he had fled after the .
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