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> At some point Islam conquered 20% of Europe. A lot of people don't realise that the high points of Islamic European expansion were Poitiers & Vienna — less

> At some point Islam conquered 20% of Europe. A lot of people don't realise that the high points of Islamic European expansion were Poitiers & Vienna — less than 800 miles apart.

bleuarff 9y ago
That's technically true, but a bit misleading. The battle of Poitiers was in 732; whereas the siege of Vienna was in 1529, 8 centuries later, when the reconquista had ousted the arabs from Spain.
- norikki 9y ago
  How about, "20% of Europe has at some point been conquered by Muslims."

> At some point Islam conquered 20% of Europe. A lot of people don't realise that the high points of Islamic European expansion were Poitiers & Vienna ­— less

> At some point Islam conquered 20% of Europe. A lot of people don't realise that the high points of Islamic European expansion were Poitiers & Vienna ­— less

> At some point Islam conquered 20% of Europe. A lot of people don't realise that the high points of Islamic European expansion were Poitiers & Vienna — less

> At some point Islam conquered 20% of Europe. A lot of people don't realise that the high points of Islamic European expansion were Poitiers & Vienna — less