3611General KnowledgeMedium
In which battle did the defeat of Muslims stop their invasions _____________?
ABattle of Tours
BBattle of Fontenoy
CBattle of Lechfeld
Correct answer
A. Battle of Tours
Explanation
At the Battle of Tours near Poitiers, France, Frankish leader Charles Martel, a Christian, defeats a large army of Spanish Moors, halting the Muslim advance into Western Europe. Abd-ar-Rahman, the Muslim governor of Cordoba, was killed in the fighting, and the Moors retreated from Gaul, never to return in such force.