711 War

Muslim conquest

Name: Muslim conquest
Start: 0711

The Visigothic kingdom collapses. By the tenth century Córdoba is one of the largest cities in the world.

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Which long period

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Early Middle Ages 476 – 1000 Post-Roman kingdoms, Christianisation, invasions.

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Spain

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What was written of it

Before 1914, the earth belonged to all. Everyone went where they wished and stayed as long as they pleased. There were no permits and no authorisations.

Stefan Zweig 1942

The World of Yesterday. Memoirs of a European

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