Al-Andalus

Šāṭiba شاطبة

Today: Xàtiva, Spain

Years: 714–1244

Šāṭiba was famous across the Islamic world for its paper, the first made in Europe, and for its double castle on the ridge above. It surrendered to Jaume I in 1244.

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