ArabianEmpires&Caliphates
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Arabs and the Turks out all Muslims actually came the closest to conquering Europe.
Arabs conquered Spain while reaching modern day Paris while the Turks tookover the Balkans and parts of Eastern Europe while reaching the gates of Vienna.
Pretty interesting.
Arabs managed to conquered much more than just Spain (which is the size of Balkan alone) but Portugal, Andorra, Gibraltar, parts of Southern France, Sicily (Italy), parts of Southern Italy, Malta, Crete (Greece), Cyprus and a few other regions.
If the Battle of Tours had ended differently (huge geographical distance between the Arab heart lands and internal rivalries for power), world history could have been completely different. For all we know all of Europe and the (West) would have been Muslim and Christianity would only have been a foot note in history.
Anyway you can say that about many historical events but nevertheless interesting.
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Back to the roots.
Beautiful.