<P> The Arab Islamic conquest dominated most of North Africa by 710 AD . In 711 an Islamic Berber conquering party , led by Tariq ibn Ziyad , was sent to Iberia to intervene in a civil war in the Visigothic Kingdom . Tariq 's army contained about 7,000 Berber horsemen , and Musa bin Nusayr is said to have sent an additional 5,000 reinforcements after the conquest . Crossing the Strait of Gibraltar , they won a decisive victory in the summer of 711 when the Visigothic King Roderic was defeated and killed on July 19 at the Battle of Guadalete . </P>
<P> The Arab Islamic conquest dominated most of North Africa by 710 AD . In 711 an Islamic Berber conquering party , led by Tariq ibn Ziyad , was sent to Iberia to intervene in a civil war in the Visigothic Kingdom . Tariq 's army contained about 7,000 Berber horsemen , and Musa bin Nusayr is said to have sent an additional 5,000 reinforcements after the conquest . Crossing the Strait of Gibraltar , they won a decisive victory in the summer of 711 when the Visigothic King Roderic was defeated and killed on July 19 at the Battle of Guadalete . </P>
who conquered the spain peninsula in the 8th century
who conquered the spain peninsula in the 8th century
an Islamic Berber conquering party , led by Tariq ibn Ziyad
an Islamic Berber conquering party , led by Tariq ibn Ziyad