Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-25387190-20140926151715/@comment-5179789-20141028223005

I agree on alot of things but i don't think that we could compare the power of a caliphate at its full strength (in the early 8th century) to a relatively middlesized kingdom in morocco, i mean from early on we would see a balkanization of visigothic leaderships in spain, an only a few succesfull revolts in a few states would eventually bring the attention of France into the region, Even if the event of a berber intervention occurs (which isn't hard to pull it off) but its the length of time that a nation can continuously upkeep the conquest, I mean the only reason the Spanish remained with cordoba for most of the time was due to the visigothic nobles fearing the muslim represion if they attempted an uprising and that at the moment they were the biggest power in the region, and by 750, when hat changed, the Umayyads were already too prepared to mount a defense on the region and with enough troops to put down a revolt