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A Catalan-Pisan crusading force arrives to end the piracy that is damaging Mediterranean
trade. They take Medina Mayurka in 1115 and free 30,000 Christian slaves before leaving the is-
land.
1148
Mallorca signs a trade agreement with the Italian cities of Genoa and Pisa, opening Mallorcan
markets to the Italians and reducing the threat of further Christian assaults on the island.
1185
The Muslim governor of the island, Wāli Ishaq, dies, ending a period of unprecedented prosper-
ity. His rule represents the high point of Almoravid control over Mallorca.
1203
The Almohads in peninsular Spain defeat the Almoravid regime in Medina Mayurka and take
control of the island, although life continues largely unchanged for most of Mallorca's inhabit-
ants.
September 1229
Under Jaume I, king of the Crown of Aragón, Catalan troops land at Santa Ponça in Mallorca, de-
feat the Muslims and camp before the walls of Medina Mayurka.
December 1229
Jaume I enters the city, which his troops sack, leaving it in such a state that a plague the follow-
ing Easter kills many of the inhabitants and invading soldiers.
1267
Ramon Llull, Mallorquin icon and would-be saint, has a series of visions that will ultimately
transform him into one of the most important Catalan cultural figures in history.
1276
Jaume I dies, almost 50 years after bringing Christian rule to Mallorca. The territories under his
rule are divided between his two sons, prompting decades of internecine conflict.
1343
Pere III of the Crown of Aragón invades Mallorca and seizes the crown from Jaume III, who
would die six years later in the Battle of Llucmajor trying to get it back.
1382
