Explain Why The Arab Invasions Of 710 And 711 Were So Successful.
Explain why the Arab invasions of 710 and 711 were so successful.
In answering this question we must first appreciate the difficulty historians face in discovering the real truth of the early Arab invasions, a fact well demonstrated in the varying estimates of Arab invasion forces (ranging from 1,700-9000 in current publications). Scant contemporary evidence exists beyond a short narrative present in a Spanish chronicle of 754, a vital surviving Islamic administrative document of the time, and some archaeological remains. Our knowledge of the invasions is largely founded on the works of later Islamic historians, the Ajbar Machmua text for example and the works of Ibn Idhari and al Maqqari. Unfortunately there are fewer Christian documents available. Julian's ‘History of Wamba' is one of few Visigothic texts to be found, further information has therefore been gained from later monastic chroniclers.
For religious Muslim contemporary's the success of the 711 invasion was......
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