The shortest war in history*
It's the 1890s ,and great Britain had practically taken over the entire world 🌍,which includes this small island in Zanzibar
Now while the Britain now owned this island 🏝️,they left original sultan of Zanzibar as the leader,this was to avoid any revolting from the people
But the reality was he was now rulling on behave of the British
Than in 1896 ,he was overthrown by his cousin Khalid bin barngash
The British as you'd expect were not happy with this and gave Khalid an ultimatum,stand down or face war 😏
Khalid refused 🤔🫸,so a British force come around with
1:two cruiser
2:three gun boat 🚢
And about 1,000 sailors and marines farced off about 3,000 of Khalid troops
By 9:02am the British opened fire on the Sultan's palace destroying it ,and the Zanzibar yacht turned warship by Khalid was immediately sunk by the British ships ,with the survivors being rescued by the same British soldiers
Khalid would later surrender and the British troops would seize the place by 9:40am ,
The entire war just lasted just 38 minutes
What did you think about this incredible war 😏?
Longest war
This war lasted for 871 years ,🧐
This war begin in 711 and ended in 1492 at the steel across the sea,A Berber general, Tariq ibn ziyad ,landed on Iberian shores with his army from north African,at the battle of guadalete,the Visigothic King Roderic was slain ,his army were scattered one by one at a city called Iberia - córdoba ,Toledo , Sevilla. currently know as Spain now
Them fell the whole city with the banner of Islamic.within seven years, Nearly the whole peninsula had become al-andalus ,A land if dazzling
Something happened ,in the rugged mountains of the northern,not all had bowed.
Than in 722, A small Christian forced led by Pelayo ,a Visigothic noble stood their ground at covadonga againt the over willing order, through the little trust at the spark,war begins
For centuries,the Christian ruled over the mountains Kingdom of Asturias,lean and Navarre, living under constant threat,
Meanwhile al-andalus flourished .The caliphate of Cordoba rise to greatness with its shinning mosque and street lights at night when most Europeans lived in darkness. Muslim Calvary shower across the plains with the speed and precision, while Christian King 👑 fought a slower warThe tide turned when the great caliphate fractured. In 1031, Córdoba collapsed into smaller states known as taifas. Though cultured and wealthy, these kingdoms were weak and divided, and the Christians pressed their advantage.The year 1212 marked the true turning point.rbe almohands gathers a mighty host under caliph Muhammad Ali Nasir . Against them ,the Christian kingdom of Castile,Aragon and Navarre set aside United,from that day ,the Muslim power begin to crumble By the close of the 13th century, nearly all of Iberia was Christian. Only the Emirate of Granada remained — a small but wealthy state protected by mountains, diplomacy, and tribute payments to Castile. Granada's rulers built the magnificent Alhambra Palace, a symbol of their fragile but enduring kingdom.
For two centuries, Granada survived, a flickering flame of Muslim rule. But in 1469, the marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile united Spain's two greatest crowns. With this union, Christian power was unbreakable.
The monarchs turned their gaze south. In 1482, the final war began. Christian armies laid siege after siege, slowly tightening the noose around Granada. Villages burned, fortresses fell, and Muslim forces, divided by internal quarrels, could not resist.
At last, in 1492, the city itself was besieged. Hunger and despair wore down its defenders. On 2 January 1492, the last Muslim ruler, Boabdil, rode out and handed the keys of Granada to Ferdinand and Isabella. He wept as he looked back on the lost kingdom, while his mother is said to have scolded him: "Do not weep like a woman for what you could not defend as a man."
The Reconquista was complete. Spain was united under Christianity, and the Muslim presence that had shaped Iberia for nearly eight centuries was reduced to memory.
Yet 1492 was more than an ending — it was a beginning. That same year, Ferdinand and Isabella sent Christopher Columbus across the Atlantic, launching Spain into an age of exploration and empire.
The Reconquista, born in the mountains of Asturias with a small band of rebels, had ended with rise of a new world power 😔😭,
The banners of Castile and Aragon fluttered proudly above the towers of Granada. On 2 January 1492, the last Muslim ruler, Boabdil, handed over the keys of the Alhambra to Ferdinand and Isabella. His soldiers wept as they left the city, but the Catholic Monarchs promised mercy: Muslims could keep their faith, their homes, and their traditions. For a moment, it seemed peace might follow war.
But promises can be fragile.
Soon, priests and officials pressed the Muslims to convert to Christianity. Those who accepted baptism became Moriscos, living outwardly as Christians while secretly whispering the old prayers of Islam. Those who refused faced exile. Families that had lived in Spain for centuries were forced to abandon their land and cross the sea to North Africa, where they were strangers in a strange land.
The Jews, too, suffered. Just months after Granada's fall, Ferdinand and Isabella signed the Alhambra Decree. Every Jew in Spain was given a terrible choice: convert or leave forever. Some chose baptism, becoming conversos, though many were suspected of secretly keeping their faith. Others left everything behind — homes, businesses, ancestral towns — and fled to Portugal, the Ottoman Empire, or across the Mediterranean. Many died on the roads or were robbed by those who saw them as easy prey.
To enforce this new unity, the Spanish Inquisition grew powerful. Its courts hunted Moriscos and conversos, searching for hidden prayers, Hebrew books, or Arabic whispers. Fear spread, for even neighbors might betray each other. Spain became a land of one crown, one faith, one law — but also of suspicion and silence.
Yet while Spain closed some doors, it opened others. That same year, Christopher Columbus, sailing with Ferdinand and Isabella's blessing, crossed the Atlantic and stumbled upon the New World. As the old world of al-Andalus ended, a new Spanish empire was being born across the seas.And what of Boabdil, the last king of Granada? He left Spain with his family and crossed into Morocco. Legend says that as he reached a mountain pass, he turned one last time to gaze upon the city he had lost. Tears filled his eyes. His mother, proud and bitter, scolded him:
"Weep not like a woman for what you could not defend like a man."
Granada, once the jewel of Muslim Spain, was gone. The Reconquista had ended. A new Spain had risen — glorious, united, but built upon exile, sorrow, and the fading echoes of cultures that had shaped it for centuries
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