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First you have to get the question right... It should read the Muslim conquest of Spain.
The resolution was the forceful eviction (by 700 years of war) of the Muslims from Spain from European Christians.
Julius Caesar helped Roman expansion by his military conquests in Gaul, Spain, and the mid-east.
The reason that Spain contains roman aqueducts dates back to 200 BC, when the Roman Empire was expanding. They ruled Spain and they built their aqueduct system in their cities. Muslim mosques in Spain go back to 711 A.D., when the Moors and Berbers spread Islam, led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad. They conquered the territory and started to establish Muslim states in the land, pushing the Christians to the North. The territory was renamed Al-Andalus and many mosques were built as a result of the Muslim settlers. The Christians in the north slowly started to recover the land and, in 1492, the Muslims were pushed out of the land after they lost at Granada, establishing the Kingdom of Spain.
Most medieval queens in Europe were Christians. Some were not. Aside from those areas of Europe where there were pagans, there were well organized and sophisticated monarchies in Europe that were Muslim, such as those in Spain and Sicily.
The expansion of Spanish Empire led to Latin American wars of independence from Spain. It made territory much larger.
Charles Martel defeated Muslim raiders from Spain at the Battle of Tours.
In spite of the outnumber of muslim army, was defeated by the union of christians kingdoms. This battler marked the beginning of spain and the final of Muslim caliphate. Also known as: The battle of five armies or the charge of three kings. Christians kingdoms: Castille, Aragon,Navarre, Portugal: Garrison of 70.000 men. Muslim Caliphate: 150.000 men.
Spain expelled the Muslim Moors in the 15th century.
Al-Andalus was a Muslim state in Spain settled by the Abbasids.
Tariq Bin Ziad invaded Spain but it was Abdul Rahman -I who conquered Spain and established Muslim caliphate there.
In medieval Spain, after the Muslim invasion and conquest, which began in 711, Christians, from the North, fought against Muslims, from the South.