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Charlemagne's Failed Invasion of Spain, 777-778 - Medievalists.net

Charlemagne's 778 campaign to conquer Muslim-controlled Spanish fortress cities along the Ebro River ended in failure, marked by the ambush at Roncevaux Pass that destroyed his rearguard and killed the commander Roland.
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New Medieval Books: The Taifa Kingdoms - Medievalists.net

The eleventh-century collapse of the Umayyad caliphate fragmented al-Andalus into rival taifa kingdoms, initiating the centuries-long process that ended Islamic rule in Iberia by 1492.
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