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King Roderick of Spain is defeated by Berber general Tariq ibn Ziyad, who has been invited into Visigoth Spain by Roderick's rival for the throne. By 719 the invaders reach the Pyrenees, making nearly all of Spain a Muslim state and granting Jews the civil rights they did not possess in Christian Spain.
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