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In 722 AD; Iberian Christians won a namesake battle over the Muslims in Covadonga

In 722 AD; Iberian Christians won a namesake battle over the Muslims in Covadonga. This was the first Christian victory in the Iberian Peninsula over the Arabs and Berbers invading from north Africa under the Umayyad banner; and is often considered to be the start of the 770-year effort to expel Muslim rulers governing the Iberia during the Reconquista.
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In 722 AD; Iberian Christians won a namesake battle over the Muslims in Covadonga
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In 722 AD; Iberian Christians won a namesake battle over the Muslims in Covadonga. This was the first Christian victory in the Iberian Peninsula over the Arabs and Berbers invading from north Africa under the Umayyad banner; and is often considered to be the start of the 770-year effort to expel Muslim rulers governing the Iberia during the Reconquista.
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