El+ejercito+musulman+en+Al-Andalus+(+English)

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In 711 Muslim troops led by Tariq, crossed the Gibraltar Strait. They settled on the rock of Gibraltar waiting the arrival of more troops. First, conquered Cadiz and headed west and settled in Algeciras. Tariq and his army defeated the Visigoths in the same year at the Battle of Guadalete. In the year 718 most of the Iberian Peninsula was conquered by the Muslims excluding the area of mountains where the Visigoths hid after his defeat.
 * 1.** **Conquest of the Iberian Peninsula by the Muslims.**

The army was formed by Arabs and Berbers.
 * 2.** **Who was the Muslim army?**

Social groups were: - Arabs -Berbers -Muladies -Mozarabs -Jews
 * 3.** **Which social groups were in Al-Andaus?**

When the Muslims expelled the Visigoths of the Iberian Peninsula, the Visigoths go to the mountains. Created Christian kingdoms and tried to reconquest the Iberian Peninsula.
 * 4. Christian Attacks**


 * 5.Battles that the army fought.**

 - Battle of Guadalete, who fought against the Visigoths. - Battle of Poitiers. - Battle of Simancas, who fought against the Christians. - Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, who fought against the Christians.