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