Al-Andalus
Today: Gibraltar, Spain
The Rock takes its name from Ṭāriq ibn Ziyād, who landed near it in 711; the Almohads founded a fortified town on it in 1160 and it changed hands between Castile, Granada and the Marinids until 1462.
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