1492 ⟶ Expulsion of Jews from Spain and the Rise of the Wandering Jew Legend
Ferdinand II and Isabella issue General Edict on the Expulsi...
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🚶♂️ Expulsion of Jews from Spain and the Rise of the Wandering Jew Legend
Ferdinand II and Isabella issue General Edict on the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain: approx. 200,000. Some return to the Land of Israel. As many localities and entire countries expel their Jewish citizens (after robbing them), and others deny them entrance, the legend of the Wandering Jew, a condemned harbinger of calamity, gains popularity.⟶
Spanish ExpulsionSephardi JewsFerdinand IIIsabella IWandering JewExileReligious Persecution1492Anti-Jewish Folklore
Spain
Israel📜 Forced Conversion and Expulsion of Jews from Mali
Askia Mohammad I decrees that all Jews must convert to Islam, leave or be killed. Judaism becomes illegal in Mali. This was based on the advice of Muhammad al-Maghili. The region of Timbuktu had previously been tolerant of other religions before Askia got into power.⟶
Forced ConversionReligious PersecutionAskia Mohammad IAl-MaghiliSub-Saharan Africa15th CenturyIslamic RuleJudaism
Mali
🚪 Forced Conversion and Expulsion from Portugal
Forced conversion and expulsion of Jews from Portugal. This included many who fled Spain four years earlier.⟶
Forced ConversionPortuguese ExpulsionReligious Persecution15th CenturySephardi JewsPortugalNew Christians
Portugal