a former kingdom that united with Castile in 1479 to form Spain (after the marriage of Ferdinand V and Isabella I)
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his marriage to Isabella I in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain and their capture of Granada from the Moors in 1492 united Spain as one country
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a city in southeastern Spain that was the capital of the Moorish kingdom until it was captured by Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492