522. Warlords of the West: A Clash of Ice and Fire (Part 3)

3413.647 - 3438.921 Tom Holland

No, I don't think so because what also then happens after that is that, and we've did this in our history of Baghdad, is that the Umayyads are overthrown by the Abbasids. But one of the Umayyads is able to get to Spain where he establishes himself as its ruler and in the long term as its caliph. And this is the great golden age of Umayyad Spain. And it's ferociously and impressively formidable.