711 battle between the Visigothic Kingdom and the Umayyad Caliphate; decisive Umayyad victory leads to the fall of the Visigothic Kingdom and the Umayyad conquest of the peninsula. It took place on 19 July 711 CE in what is now Spain. The setting was Iberian Peninsula. It was part of Umayyad conquest of Hispania. Those involved included the Visigothic Kingdom, the Umayyad Caliphate and Umayyad Army.
Before and after
- from 710 CE to 794 CENara period
- c. 710 CEEruption of Witori
- from 711 CE to 1492Al-Andalus
- from 711 CE to 726 CEUmayyad conquest of Hispania
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- 712 CEBirth of Du Fu
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