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At the beginning of the Early Modern various kingdom on the iberian peninsula such as Aragón , castilla and Navarra in 1469 Fernando of Aragón and Isabel of castilla
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Isabel's brother Enrique was King of Castilla. He named Isabel as his hair. Wen Enrique died in 1474, Isabel declared that she was queen. But Enrique's daughters Juana also wanted to be queen. There was a war between their supporters. Isabel won the war in 1479. In the same year her husband Fernando became king of Aragón.
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Fernando and Isabel were intolerant towards other religions. They wanted religious unity in their Kingdom. They estabilished the inquisition in 1478. In 1492 Fernando and Isabel expeled Jewish.
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They conquered Granada from the Muslims
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During the early modern age, many explorers made voyages to distant places. Thy dicovered and concuered new lands and peoples . For these reason, this period is called the Age of discovery.
These explorers were called the conquistadors
