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Iberian Peninsula

Iberian Peninsula
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About Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula, also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe.

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They took over most of the Iberian Peninsula. There was him who was Jebel Al-Tarique and there was another guy called Musa who were in charge — these two generals — and then for some reason in 714 they were both accused of misappropriation of funds, sent back to Damascus.

from No Such Thing As A Sausage Swingboat, 2021-09-17 at 00:07:26 · read transcript

Other times Iberian Peninsula came up

  1. No, hadn't been for some time. I mean, because they were quite crap in the end. and they didn't last very long. Actually, they should be grateful for de blois, because otherwise we wouldn't remember them at all, I don't think. They pretty much lasted 100 years, sort of fanny around in Carthagin, bits of North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula. Peace-loving people. They were not a peace-loving people.

    No Such Thing As A Mungmonger, 2020-02-28 · listen

  2. It turns out that before the band even thought about forming, there was a kingdom called Leon, and that's what they're very cleverly referring to in their name. Leon is in the... It was a huge chunk of the Iberian Peninsula, so Northwest Spain and what is now Portugal too. It had a king in the mid to late 12th century called Alfonso, and Alfonso was an angry guy.

    331: No Such Thing As A Queen In A Fig Tree, 2020-07-24 · listen

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