Timeline for How did Richard I sail through the strait of Gibraltar?
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| S Apr 27, 2020 at 9:17 | history | suggested | Rodrigo de Azevedo |
Richard was a Crusader.
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| May 1, 2014 at 14:24 | vote | accept | Peter | ||
| May 1, 2014 at 5:42 | answer | added | Comintern | timeline score: 18 | |
| Apr 30, 2014 at 1:17 | answer | added | edn13 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 25, 2014 at 9:30 | comment | added | Peter | @PieterGeerkens Me? I googled a bit :) I'm no historian, just an interested layman. I think I qualify any assertion I make with "I figure" and "it seems". The whole point of this question is that I'd like to be shown which of my assumptions are incorrect, since they lead to a contradiction. | |
| Apr 25, 2014 at 9:25 | history | edited | Peter | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 25, 2014 at 0:44 | comment | added | Pieter Geerkens | What research have you done to support what I see as several completely unwarranted assumptions? | |
| Apr 24, 2014 at 17:22 | answer | added | fdb | timeline score: 10 | |
| Apr 24, 2014 at 16:02 | comment | added | David Richerby | @FelixGoldberg Sure, the New World hadn't been discovered yet but so what? Anyone who wanted to get from the Mediterranean to northern Europe would have to either go overland or pass through the Strait. | |
| Apr 24, 2014 at 15:30 | vote | accept | Peter | ||
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| Apr 24, 2014 at 15:05 | answer | added | Tyler Durden | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 24, 2014 at 14:34 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackHistory/status/459339543138041856 | ||
| Apr 24, 2014 at 13:16 | comment | added | Peter | I think the Almohads and Portugese/Spanish weren't too friendly, so the bit of the Iberian peninsula that was in Almohad hands would be dependent on ships sailing the strait. I doubt that part was self-sufficient with such a massive front to keep defended and even if they were, it wouldn't be much of an empire if that part was totally cut off :) | |
| Apr 24, 2014 at 10:39 | review | First posts | |||
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| Apr 24, 2014 at 10:36 | comment | added | Felix Goldberg | Why do you think there were lots of boats there? The New World was not discovered yet then so there would have been little incentive to use the navigate the straits. | |
| Apr 24, 2014 at 10:34 | comment | added | Peter | @FelixGoldberg, thanks. I just mean that there'd be a lot of boats going back and forth, so even if it was impossible to close the strait absolutely by military means, it still seems like a ballsy move to go ahead and just sail your Christian armada through. | |
| Apr 24, 2014 at 10:24 | comment | added | Felix Goldberg | Welcome to the site and +1 for good question. Just one quibble: what is "under heavy shipping traffic"? | |
| Apr 24, 2014 at 10:22 | history | asked | Peter | CC BY-SA 3.0 |