▁leave . ▁That ▁same ▁year ▁he ▁exp elled ▁all ▁Muslim s ▁that ▁were ▁not ▁slaves , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 5 0 2 ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Mon arch s ▁followed ▁suit , ▁impos ing ▁the ▁choice ▁of ▁conversion ▁to ▁Christian ity ▁or ▁ex ile ▁and ▁loss ▁of ▁property . ▁Many ▁Jews ▁and ▁Muslim s ▁fled ▁to ▁North ▁Africa ▁and ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁Empire , ▁while ▁others ▁public ly ▁converted ▁to ▁Christian ity ▁and ▁became ▁known ▁respectively ▁as ▁Mar ran os ▁and ▁Mor is cos ▁( after ▁the ▁old ▁term ▁Mo ors ). ▁However , ▁many ▁of ▁these ▁continued ▁to ▁practice ▁their ▁religion ▁in ▁secret . ▁The ▁Mor is cos ▁revol ted ▁several ▁times ▁and ▁were ▁ultimately ▁for ci b ly ▁exp elled ▁from ▁Spain ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 7 th ▁century . ▁From ▁ 1 6 0 9 – 1 4 , ▁over ▁ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Mor is cos ▁were ▁sent ▁on ▁ships ▁to ▁North ▁Africa ▁and ▁other ▁locations , ▁and , ▁of ▁this ▁figure , ▁around ▁ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁died ▁resist ing ▁the ▁exp ulsion , ▁and ▁ 6 0 , 0 0 0 ▁died ▁on ▁the ▁journey . ▁ ▁The ▁change ▁of ▁relative ▁supre m acy ▁from ▁Portugal ▁to ▁the ▁His pan ic ▁Mon archy ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 5 th ▁century ▁has ▁been ▁described ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁cases ▁of ▁avoid ance ▁of ▁the ▁Th u cy d ides ▁T rap . ▁ ▁Modern ▁I ber ia ▁ ▁Ch