Panguva iyi, Umambo hweOttoman hwakanga huchiwedzera uye huchiita kuti simba rahwo rionekwe muMediterranean neNorth Africa. Panguva imwe cheteyo, Umambo hweMediterranean hweAragon hwakanga huchiparara nemhaka yechikwereti uye kuneta nehondo. Ferdinand aitya zvine musoro kuti aisazokwanisa kurwisa mauto eOttoman paaizorwisa Spain, kunyanya kana mauto eOttoman aizobatsirwa nevakabva kune dzimwe nyika. Nzvimbo dzaiva nevaMorisco vakawanda chaizvo dzaiva pedyo nemigwagwa yaishandiswa nevashandi vemuSpain vachienda kuAfrica. Kana utera hweHurumende yeNavy yeAragonese hwakasanganiswa nehasha dzevakuru vakuru vaipikisa madzimambo, zvirevo zveumambo zvePortugal paCastile
uye zvematongerwe enyika zvomadzimambo maviri aya zvaakatendeuka kubva kuMorocco nemamwe marudzi eAfrica achifarira Europe, kutya kurwisa kwechipiri kwevaMuslim, uye nokudaro kutonga kwechipiri kwevaMuslim kwakanga kusina hwaro. Kutya uku kungave kwakanga kuri chikonzero chikuru chokudzingwa kwavagari vemo avo vaiva nechikonzero chechitendero chokutsigira kuvhozhokerwa kwevaOttoman (vaMorisco) kana kuti vasina chikonzero chaicho chechitendero chokusaita kudaro (vaJudha). Dare reInquisition ringave raiva chikamu chokugadzirira kuita kuti izvi zviitwe uye kuvimbisa kushanda kwazvo kupfurikidza nokudzinga vatendeuki venhema avo vaizoramba vachiita tyisidziro yevasori vokunze.