Al Andalus
You're Dead to Me
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The Origins of Alan De Loose
The Visigoths were a Germanic tribe who moved westward. There was another group as well who went with them called the Vandals, where we get the word Vandal from. They also crossed into North Africa, and they were joined by another fearsomely named group called the Allens. The year 711 is when we first get a Muslim army arriving into that part of Western Europe. And do you know how the decision is made to invade a southern Spain from North Africa?
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