Defend or negotiate?
When the siege tightened on Granada and its red palace, its people stood between two choices: a fight that could destroy palaces, houses and residents, or a surrender on terms saving souls, property and faith? The decision: defence of honour whatever it costs, or negotiation to rescue what can be rescued?
The positions
the defenders
the city that resisted every century deserves to fight
The evidence
they held on walls and palaces until no way out remained
Sources: building/alhambraexhibit/pathway-g11-chw3m-al-andalus
the negotiators
surrender on terms saves families, property and worship
The evidence
the city came out under written terms that saved life
Sources: building/alhambra
You decide
Which would have been harder for you had you lived there then? Write your reason.
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