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711
A berber force of about 7000 soldiers under the Berber general Tariq IBN loyal to the Umayyad Emir of Damascus, Al-Walid enters Iberian perinsula from North America
712
The muslim governor of Northern Africa, Musa ibn Nusayr, follows Tariq idn Ziyad with and army of 18,000 arabs.He takes Medina-Sidonia, Sevilla and Mertola
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-Tariq ibn Ziyad was born in 670 a.d.
and he passed away in 720 a.d. at the age of 50.
-Tariq IBN Ziyad was a Muslim general who led the Islamic Umayyad conquest of Visigothic Hispania in 711–718 A.D.
-Under the orders of the Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid I he led a large army from the north coast of Morocco,
consolidating his troops at a large hill now known as Gibraltar.
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- Conquest of Spain and Portugal in 711-718 A.D
-Conquered spanish territoy with 7,000 - 12,000 N. Africans troops.
-Tariq IBN Ziyad had a mountain named after him which was called Gibraltar
-Spanish ruled reached out Tariq and the Muslims for help in the civil war, and the Islamic army quickly responded to their request in order to conquer Spain for themselves.
-Tariq then progressed to spain, in which he gained valuable support from spanish Jews who had to been persecuted by the Visigoths and from Christian supporters.
-In July 711 at the Battle of Guadalete Tariq ibn Ziyad defeated the Visigothic king Roderick at an undermined location
-After winning the battle he immediately marched upon Toledo, the capital of Spain, and occupied the city againt little to no resistance.
-He then conquered Cordoba Tariq Ibn Ziyad along with Musa ibn Nusayr occupied more than two-thirds of the Iberian Peninsula for the next several years.
-By 720 almost the entire peninsula was under Muslim control
-The story of the Muslim invasion of Spain is considered to be one of justice, freedom, and religious toleration
-Tariq was expertin horsemanship, weapons, and martial arts
-spreaded Islam all throughout Asia, Africa, & Europe
-Planned to bring troops from N. Africa to conquer the whole Europe
-All troops were under his control
-The Spanish occupation by the Moors began in 711 AD when an African army, under their leader Tariq ibn-Ziyad, crossed the Strait of Gibraltar from northern Africa and invaded the Iberian peninsula ‘Andalus' (Spain under the Visigoths).
-The Moors, who ruled Spain for 800 years, introduced new scientific techniques to Europe, such as an astrolabe, a device for measuring the position of the stars and planets. Scientific progress in Astronomy, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Geography and Philosophy flourished in Moorish Spain
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-He was the first muslim to go to North Africa and Spain with his army
-When he was addressed in history they preceived him as a white man and not a black man because they didnt want to make the black culture famous by giving them credit for taking over spain