Today's American Minute — and the 700 year Reconquista
The Forgotten History of Umayyad & Abbasid Invasions of Spain, France & Italy, and the 700 year Reconquista - American Minute with Bill Federer
and the 700 year Reconquista France & Italy The Forgotten History of Umayyad & Abbasid Invasions of Spain
In 711 AD, the commander of the Muslim crusaders, called "Moors," was Ṭāriq ibn Ziyad. Ṭāriq landed, with his 80,000-man Umayyad army, at a place where there was a large mount, for which the Arabic word is "jabal." The place took his name "Jabal Ṭāriq," or as it was later pronounced "Gibraltar."