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So, in my TL (which, if you'll forgive the shameless plug, is here) Spain was never inherited by the Hapsburgs, and therefore doesn't waste all of its potential on interminable European conflicts, instead following the trajectory it had been set on by the Catholic monarchs (and OTL Cardinal Cisneros), namely the continuation of the momentum of the Reconquista via North Africa.

So my question is: what would the cultural and religious geography of Hispanic North Africa be after three or four centuries of sustained occupation?

There's a paucity of examples to draw on when it comes to Christian Europeans lording over Muslim majority regions before the mid to late 18th century. The only ones that come to mind are the Russians and the Tatars, the Dutch and the Javans, and the Castilians and the Granadans. However, the first two are massively different from the proposed scenario, and the relationship between the Christian Castilians and Muslim Granadans involves centuries of shared cultural and linguistic experience.

Any thoughts?
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