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Muslim Conquest of Iberia

711 CE – 718 CE

Tariq ibn Ziyad crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and destroyed the Visigothic Kingdom in a lightning campaign.

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Muslim Conquest of Iberia

711 CE – 718 CE

Tariq ibn Ziyad crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and destroyed the Visigothic Kingdom in a lightning campaign. Within seven years, nearly all of the Iberian Peninsula fell under Muslim control, beginning almost 800 years of Islamic civilization in Al-Andalus.

Standing in 711 CE

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