This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.

In 711 the Islamic Moors of Arab and Berber descent in North Africa crossed the Strait of Gibraltar onto the Iberian Peninsula, and in a series of raids they conquered Visigothic Christian Hispania and founded the first Muslim countries in Europe.

Contents:

The Last of the Goths

The Wave of Conquest

The People of Andalusia

A Young Pretender

The Christian Martyrs

The Great Khalif

The Holy War

The City of the Khalif

The Prime Minister

The Berbers in Power

My Cid the Challenger

The Kingdom of Granada

The Fall of Granada

Bearing the Cross