Islamic conquest of Iberia
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The Islamic Conquest of Iberia (711—718) commenced when the Moors (mostly Berbers with some Arabs) invaded Visigothic Christian Iberia in the year 711 CE. Under their Berber leader, Tariq ibn-Ziyad, they landed at Gibraltar on April 30 and proceeded to bring most of the Iberian Peninsula under Islamic rule in an eight-year campaign. Except for small areas in the northwest (Asturias) and largely Basque regions in the Pyrenees, the territory, under the name Al-Andalus, became part of the expanding Umayyad empire.
The conquerers subsequently attempted to move northeast across the Pyrenees but were defeated by the Frank Charles Martel at the Battle of Tours in 732.
The Christian Reconquista or reconquest of Iberia became established with Pelayo of Asturias' victory at the Battle of Covadonga in 722.
For details, see:
- Al-Andalus
- Battle of Guadalete
- History of Portugal
- History of Spain
- Julian
- Moors
- Musa bin Nusair
- Pelayo of Asturias
- Reconquista
- Roderic
- Tariq ibn-Ziyad
- Timeline of the Muslim occupation of the Iberian Peninsula
- Timeline of Portuguese history
- The establishment of the monarchy in Portugal
Related articles
External link
- Edward Gibbon, History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Chapter 51
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