What the records say
- When
- 711 – 726
- Kind
- War
- Coordinates
- 40.21° N, 4.35° W
- Description
- war resulting in the destruction of the Visigothic Kingdom and the expansion of the Umayyad Caliphate (711–718)
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula
8th-century conquest by the Umayyads
The Umayyad Caliphate conquered the Visigothic Kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula in the early 8th century. The conquest resulted in the end of Christian rule throughout most of Iberia and the establishment of Muslim rule in that territory, which came to be known as al-Andalus under the Umayyad dynasty.
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