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They called it "Land of the Vandals" after the Germanic tribe the Vandals who inhabited the area before the Muslim conquest of the Iberia peninsula.
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Who wanted to conquer the Iberian peninsula?
Many groups throughout history have wanted to conquer the Iberian Peninsula. Romans, Spanish, French, Muslims, etc.
What did the Portuguese and the Spanish cooperate in to expell Muslims from the Iberian Peninsula?
The Spanish Inquisition.
What is the name of the Peninsula that Spain shares with Portugal?
The Iberian peninsula.
Before the Reconquista most of the Iberian Peninsula was controlled by who?
In 711-13 Arabs and other North African Muslims conquered the Iberian Peninsula, which was then the Kingdom of the Visigoths, who were Christian at the time.
What happened in Spain in the year 711?
This is the year when the moors (Muslims) invaded the Iberian Peninsula.
What type of landform is the Iberian Peninsula?
The Iberian Peninsula is a peninsula.
What do you call Spain and Portugal when they're together?
Iberian peninsula
Is Iberian a peninsula?
The peninsula that contains Spain and Portugal is called the Iberian Peninsula.
What is the kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula?
Spain has a king and it is on the Iberian Peninsula.
Moors forced out of the iberian peninsula?
Moors (Muslims living in medieval times), Jews, and anyone who was not Christian that lived in Spain, were given two options: convert to Christianity or you will be kicked out. Spain, at this time, controlled all of the Iberian Peninsula, and as a result of the Spanish Reconquista, the Iberian Peninsula was ultimately 100% Christian.
How long did the Muslims stay on the iberian peninsula?
130 years :)
The was the crusade to drive the Muslims out of Western Europe?
The wars that led to the expulsion of all Muslims from the Iberian Peninsula were known as the Reconquista. They ended in 1492.
