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Muslim conquest of the Maghreb

647–709 · 7th century · Also known as Arab conquest of North Africa

The Muslim conquest of the Maghreb was the conquest of North Africa west of Egypt by the Rashidun and Umayyad caliphates between 647 and 709. Early raids were followed by the founding of Kairouan by Uqba ibn Nafi in about 670, while Berber resistance under Kusaila and the queen Dihya and the Byzantine hold on Carthage slowed the advance. Carthage fell in 698, and by 709 the Arabs had reached the Atlantic, preparing the conquest of Hispania in 711.

Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
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