Ottoman pressure on Spain collapsed after 1570, opening unification

Evidence

Suddenly, in the 1580s, the way was open for Christian Spain to unify the whole Iberian Peninsula. The Turks, or rather the particular Moroccan prince they sponsored, had lost at the Battle of Alcazarquivir, and so their westward advance was halted. But more important in their Anatolian homeland itself, extreme instability on their northern frontier, engendered by the Safavid menace, indicated that it was prudent for them to desist from overseas adventures. And since Granada, the channel through which Ottoman aid for al-Andalus had hitherto passed, had been so conclusively eliminated after 1570, the Turks no longer had a functioning network of sympathizers within the Iberian Peninsula. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1576 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ottoman distraction cleared Spain’s path to unify Iberia — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1576; The Ottoman advance west redirected European expansion and split East from West. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 561; External pressure from European powers and Mahdists drove Abyssinian unification. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 164 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Ottoman distraction cleared Spain’s path to unify Iberia #expands (0.95) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1576