Feb 22 2025 63 mins 7
How did the Visigothic Kingdom collapse after one decisive battle? Were the Muslims actually planning to conquer the Iberian Peninsula in 711? What do we truly know about the Muslim conquest, and how has it been interpreted? In episode 22 we take an in-depth look at how the Arab and Berber conquest of the Iberian Peninsula and Septimania happened.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Hook
00:27 Interpretations of the Muslim Conquest
06:42 Sources for Studying the Muslim Conquest
09:04 Context to the Islamic Conquest
14:42 Count Julian and the Surrender of Ceuta
18:43 The Prelude: The Raid of Tarif ibn Malik
20:53 Roderic and Tariq ibn Ziyad: The Battle of Guadalete
29:57 The Fall of Toledo and the Collapse of the Visigothic Kingdom
35:05 The Arrival of the Arabs under Musa ibn Nusayr
40:23 The Pact of Tudmir
43:57 The Muslim Conquest of the North
48:06 The Conquerors Are Held Accountable
50:45 Abd al-Aziz and the Challenges of Rule
53:07 The Governor al-Hurr and the Establishment of Córdoba as the Capital
56:32 Septimania, the Last Visigothic Stronghold
01:00:14 The Verdict: Were the Goths Traitors?
01:02:21 Outro
