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    The Guadalete (Spanish: [ɡwaðaˈlete] ) is a river located almost entirely in the Spanish Province of Cádiz, rising in the Sierra de Grazalema Natural...
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    The Battle of Guadalete was the first major battle of the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, fought in 711 at an unidentified location in what...
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  • victory when Roderic was defeated and killed on July 19 at the Battle of Guadalete. Ṭāriq Bin Ziyad split his army into four divisions, which went on to...
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    territory of Roman Hispania. After defeating king Roderic at the Battle of Guadalete in July the same year, Tariq was reinforced by an Arab force led by his...
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    and the Umayyad invasion. He was defeated and killed at the Battle of Guadalete. His widow Egilona is believed to have married Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa, the...
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    Assistance Program to serve as Guadalete (M41). Dynamic was struck from the Naval Register on 1 August 1974. Guadalete was reclassified PVZ-41 in 1980;...
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    Spain. It is located on the northern, western and southern banks of the Guadalete river, which flows around three sides of the city under towering vertical...
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    Gibraltar, engaging a Visigothic force led by King Roderic at the Battle of Guadalete (July 19–26) in a moment of severe in-fighting and division across the...
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  • thus began the Umayyad conquest of Hispania. Later, in the Battle of Guadalete on July 19, Roderic's army of around 25,000 men was defeated by Tariq's...
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    force of Arabs and Berbers defeated the Visigoths during the Battle of Guadalete. The Visigoth king, Roderic, and many members of the Visigothic governing...
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  • as dangerous as the local myths described. In Cádiz, Spain, the river Guadalete was originally named "Lethe" by local Greek and Phoenician colonists who...
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    Visigothic King Roderic was defeated and killed on July 19 at the Battle of Guadalete. Tariq's commander, Musa, quickly crossed with Arab reinforcements, and...
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  • History of Al-Andalus Muslim conquest (711–732) Battle of Guadalete Siege of Córdoba Battle of Toulouse Battle of Tours Fihrids Umayyad state of Córdoba...
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  • Ziyad, a Muslim military leader who conquered Iberia in the Battle of Guadalete in 711 AD. Ṭariq is used in classical Arabic to refer to a visitor at...
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    History of Al-Andalus Muslim conquest (711–732) Battle of Guadalete Siege of Córdoba Battle of Toulouse Battle of Tours Fihrids Umayyad state of Córdoba...
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  • Kaula al-Yahudi Born c. 685 Died 718 Lerida, Catalonia Allegiance Umayyad Caliphate Battles/wars Battle of Guadalete...
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    from 711 after the defeat of their last king Roderic at the Battle of Guadalete. Some Visigothic nobles found refuge in the mountain areas of the Asturias...
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    Port Saint Mary, is a municipality of Spain located on the banks of the Guadalete River in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia. As of 2016[update], the city...
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    and sanctuaries outside the urban area—situated near the mouth of River Guadalete. Presently, these islands are interconnected. While the ancient ruins...
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    lies on the Campiña de Jerez, an inland low-land plain crossed by the Guadalete river, midway the Atlantic Ocean, the Guadalquivir river and the western...
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    crossing, Tariq's troops defeated Visigothic forces at the Battle of Guadalete. Roderic, the last king of the Visigoths, was killed, leaving an open...
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    Visigothic king Roderic was defeated and killed on 19 July at the Battle of Guadalete. Tariq's commander, Musa bin Nusair crossed with substantial reinforcements...
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  • half-brother of Wittiza. After the defeat of king Roderic at the Battle of Guadalete, according to the Chronicle of 754, the Arabs under Tariq ibn Ziyad marched...
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    Flowing to the Atlantic are the Guadiana, Odiel-Tinto, Guadalquivir, Guadalete, and Barbate. Flowing to the Mediterranean are the Guadiaro, Guadalhorce...
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    History of Al-Andalus Muslim conquest (711–732) Battle of Guadalete Siege of Córdoba Battle of Toulouse Battle of Tours Fihrids Umayyad state of Córdoba...
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    Seville. Its jurisdiction covers the civil province of Cádiz south to Guadalete river. Includes the comarcas Campo de Gibraltar, La Janda and Bahía de...
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    Cailleux—writing in 1878—located "Ithaca" in south-west Spain, in the delta of the Guadalete, near Cádiz. Pays atlantiques décrits par Homère, Ibérie, Gaule, Bretagne...
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  • Islamic conquest of Hispania and defeated King Roderic in the Battle of Guadalete in 711. Lévi-Provençal, Evariste (1993) [1927]. "Ṭarīf". In Houtsma, Martijn...
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    provinces of Seville and Huelva. 100 km2, located at the mouth of the Guadalete river, consists of marshland, beaches, reed and sand dunes. Bird watching...
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    Gibraltar, engaging a Visigothic force led by King Roderic at the Battle of Guadalete in a moment of serious in-fighting and division across the Visigothic...
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