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Battle Of Tours

By KBrush
  • Jan 1, 711

    The First Wave

    The First Wave
    The first wave of Muslims fled into Iberia which is present day Spain and Portugal
  • Period: Jan 1, 711 to Jan 1, 732

    The Battle Of Tours

  • Jan 1, 721

    Defeating The Umayyad

    Defeating The Umayyad
    In 721 the army of Eudes, Christian duke of Aquitaine, defeated an Umayyad invasion force at Toulouse.
  • Jan 1, 730

    A New Govener

    A New Govener
    In 730 the Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik appointed a new governor, Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi, of the Iberian Muslim state, known in Arabic as al-Andalus.
  • Jan 1, 732

    Positioning The Army

    Positioning The Army
    In October 732 Charles positioned the Frankish army, which was made up entirely of armored infantrymen equipped with heavy shields and long spears, between the Muslim invasion force and the monastery of St. Martin.