On April 29, 711 AD, the Berber general Tariq ibn Ziyad headed into Visigoth-held Spain. The goal was to take the Iberian Peninsula and take out the Visigoths. ROAD TO THE INVASION Tariq came to invade Spain after the nobleman Count Julian—who held Ceuta—sent his daughter to the country. Just prior, Visigoth ruler Roderic came to power in […]
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