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[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Well actually, north African did control Spain for about 700 years.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Not really despite having been invaded from north africa the spanish caliphate gained its independence after the fall of the Oumayads . then divided into smaller independent Emirates until the Spanish conquest.

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