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==Europe==

==Europe==

The first part of [[Europe]] to be Islamized was [[Spain]], prior to the [[Crusades]]. Spain was conquered by African Muslims (Moors) in 711 AD.<ref>https://westernciv.com/syllabus/history-of-spain/winter/islamic-conquest-of-spain/</ref><ref>https://www.europeandefenceleague.com/2017/07/24/debunking-the-golden-age-of-islam-why-1001-inventions-exhibition-is-an-exercise-in-cultural-propaganda/</ref>

The first part of [[Europe]] to be Islamized was [[Spain]], prior to the [[Crusades]]. Spain was conquered by African Muslims (Moors) in 711 AD.<ref>https://westernciv.com/syllabus/history-of-spain/winter/islamic-conquest-of-spain/</ref><ref>https://isi.org/intercollegiate-review/shock-and-awe-eighth-century-stylebr-the-muslim-conquest-of-spain/</ref>

The Islamic [[Ottoman Empire]] instigated the Barbary Slave Trade, wherein North African pirates who were charges of the Ottoman Empire randomly kidnapped Europeans and transported them to North Africa to work as slaves.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/white_slaves_01.shtml</ref><ref>https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/02/03/history-of-the-barbary-slave-trade-between-the-16th-and-middle-of-the-18th-century/</ref>

The Islamic [[Ottoman Empire]] instigated the Barbary Slave Trade, wherein North African pirates who were charges of the Ottoman Empire randomly kidnapped Europeans and transported them to North Africa to work as slaves.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/white_slaves_01.shtml</ref><ref>https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/02/03/history-of-the-barbary-slave-trade-between-the-16th-and-middle-of-the-18th-century/</ref>

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