HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Northern Africa
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Spain
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Middle East
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South America
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Parts of India
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Umayyads continued the Muslim conquests, conquering Ifriqiya, Transoxiana, Sind, the Maghreb and Hispania (al-Andalus). At its greatest extent, the Umayyad Caliphate covered 11, 100, 000 km2 (4, 300, 000 sq mi), making it one of the largest empires in history in terms of area.
Detailed explanation-2: -Under the Umayyads, the caliphate grew rapidly in territory, incorporating the Caucasus, Transoxiana, Sindh, the Maghreb and most of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus) into the Muslim world.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Umayyad conquest of Hispania (711–718) began as an army of the Umayyad Caliphate consisting largely of Berbers, inhabitants of Northwest Africa recently converted to Islam, invaded the Christian Visigothic Kingdom located on the Iberian peninsula (Hispania).