The Battle on the Ice (1242) came just four years after work began on the Alhambra in Granada (1238).
The events
- Alhambra begunc. 1238 · Granada. Around 1238 Muhammad I, founder of the Nasrid dynasty, began a fortified residence on the hill above Granada. The Alhambra's carved halls and courtyards became the pinnacle of Moorish art.
- Battle on the Ice1242 · Lake Peipus. Forces led by Prince Alexander Nevsky defeated the knights of the Livonian Order on the frozen Lake Peipus. The victory checked the Order's eastward advance into the lands of Novgorod and Pskov and became an emblem of Russian military history.
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