History of the United States I / Unit 1 USH1 0021 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Islam, Tours, and the Reconquista
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The idea
Muhammad received his revelation in six twenty-two. Islam spread by conversion and conquest, crossing into Spain in seven eleven, and was halted at the Battle of Tours in seven thirty-two.
In practice
Charles Martel, called the Hammer, commanding against Abdul Rahman al-Ghafiqi.
Where people slip
Islamic theology holds Christ a prophet rather than God. Muslims kept much of Spain until the Reconquista began.
Your place on the trail
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