{"slug": "merida-spain", "label": "Mérida, Spain", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9rida%2C_Spain", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14323", "qid": "Q14323", "description": "municipality in Extremadura, Spain", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [-24, 1228], "span_label": ["25 BCE", "1228 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "al-andalus", "label": "Al-Andalus", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "emirate-of-cordoba", "label": "Emirate of Córdoba", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "visigoths", "label": "Visigoths", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "liuvigild", "label": "Liuvigild", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "umayyad-caliphate", "label": "Umayyad Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "james-i-of-aragon", "label": "James I of Aragon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mallorca", "label": "Mallorca", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "christianity", "label": "Christianity", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "caliphate-of-cordoba", "label": "Caliphate of Córdoba", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "andalusia", "label": "Andalusia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -24, "year_label": "25 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Roman colony of Emerita Augusta is founded (present-day Mérida).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267077793#Roman_Empire", "title": "25 BC", "revid": 1267077793, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 582, "year_label": "582 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "The Visigoths under King Liuvigild capture the city of Mérida (western central Spain), which is under the political control of its popular bishop Masona. He is arrested and exiled for 3 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364751218#Europe", "title": "582", "revid": 1364751218, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 713, "year_label": "713 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Arab forces under Musa ibn Nusayr conquer the fortress city of Mérida, located on the borders of Andalusia. It becomes part of the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807131#Arabian_Empire", "title": "713", "revid": 1340807131, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 807, "year_label": "807 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Al-Andalus (modern Spain): An uprising occurs in the city of Mérida against the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342124762#Europe", "title": "807", "revid": 1342124762, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 810, "year_label": "810 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Al-Andalus (modern Spain): The city of Mérida rises up against the Emirate of Córdoba.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848812#Europe", "title": "810", "revid": 1340848812, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 828, "year_label": "828 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Al-Andalus: The city of Merida (modern Spain) rises twice in one year against the Umayyad Emirate.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941478#Europe", "title": "828", "revid": 1340941478, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 868, "year_label": "868 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Al-Andalus: The city of Mérida rises against the Umayyad rule. Emir Muhammad I regains control, and has the walls of the city destroyed. He supports the rival creation of Badajoz in retaliation.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358169430#Europe", "title": "868", "revid": 1358169430, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 912, "year_label": "912 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Ordoño II of Galicia continues his expansion of the Christian polity. He sacks the cities of Mérida and Évora.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468136#Europe", "title": "912", "revid": 1364468136, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1228, "year_label": "1228 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King James I (the Conqueror) launches a major offensive against the Almohads in Majorca. At the same moment, Emir Ibn Hud al-Yamadi (confronted by increasing Christian pressure) denounces Almohad rule in Murcia (modern Spain) and acknowledges the Abbasid Caliphate as legitimate overlord, in effect declaring independence. Other notable Christian success: King Alfonso IX of León conquers Mérida.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360747311#Europe", "title": "1228", "revid": 1360747311, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}]}