Battle of Guadalete
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battle-of-guadalete-216-3438956
title:
Battle of Guadalete
text:
The Battle of Guadalete was the first major battle of the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, fought in 711 at an unidentified location in what is now southern Spain between the Visigoths under their king, Roderic, and the invading forces of the Umayyad Caliphate, composed mainly of Berbers and some Arabs under the commander Tariq ibn Ziyad. The battle was significant as the culmination of a series of Berber attacks and the beginning of al-Andalus. Roderic was killed in the battle, along w
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description:
8th-century battle between the Visigothic Kingdom and the Umayyad Caliphate
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Guadalete
date created:
2002-12-30T18:06:00Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T23:45:31Z
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13
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