Erwig (or Ervigio, also known as Euric II) was a king of the Visigoths in Hispania (680–687). His reign began when he deposed King Wamba during a civil war. Erwig then restored stability by using the Jews as a scapegoat. He called for their extermination as a plague on the kingdom. But his campaign, while causing the Jews great hardship, didn't accomplish its aim. So in 681 he issued another decree, this time requiring that all Jews become Christians or leave the kingdom. The Visigoths were one of two main branches of the Goths, the Ostrogoths being the other. ... Hispania was the name given by the Romans to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Portugal, Spain, Andorra and Gibraltar) and to two provinces created there in the period of the Roman Republic: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior. ... Events October 10 - Battle of Kerbela November 12 - The Sixth Ecumenical Council opens in Constantinople The Bulgars subjugate the country of current-day Bulgaria Pippin of Herstal becomes Mayor of the Palace Umayyad caliph Muawiyah I succeeded by Yazid I ibn Muawiyah Erwig deposes Wamba to become king of the... Events: December 15 - Sergius succeeds Conon as Pope King Theuderic III of Neustria is defeated by Pepin of Herstal, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia. ... Wamba was king of the Visigoths in Hispania (Iberia) from 672 to 680 CE. // History Religious events In 675 the Third Council of Braga was held in Braga (Bracara), Hispania. ...

From King Erwig's reign on, the Kingdom of the Visigoths would be torn by civil strife, ending in the Muslim conquest of Iberia beginning in 711. The Muslim Conquest of Iberia (711—718) commenced when the Moors (mostly Berbers with some Yemenis) invaded Visigothic Christian Iberia in the year 711 CE. Under their Berber leader, Tariq ibn-Ziyad, they landed at Gibraltar on April 30 and proceeded to bring most of the Iberian Peninsula under Islamic...

Indeed, already in North Africa, Muslims who had invaded the Maghrib in the late 600s had, under the leadership of Musa ibn Nusair, defeated the Byzantines at Kairouan (in today's Morocco) by 682. Muslims had also been making raids on the coasts of Iberia since at least the reign of Wamba. Thus the Muslims were beginning to press southern Hispania. North Africa is a region generally considered to include: Algeria Egypt Libya Mauritania Morocco Sudan Tunisia Western Sahara The Canary Islands, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Azores and Madeira are sometimes considered to be a part of North Africa, though they do not share a common culture with the countries listed above. ... A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ... Maghrib is an Arabic term for of the setting sun; from the root ghuroob (to set; to be hidden). It is also used in a manner similar to the metaphorical use of to be eclipsed, which is used in the English language. ... Musa bin Nusair (640 - 716) was a Yemeni Muslim governor and general under the Umayyads. ... Kairouan (Arabic: Al-qayrawn) is a city in Tunisia, about 160 km south of Tunis. ... topographic map of the Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe. ...

Wamba was king of the Visigoths in Hispania (Iberia) from 672 to 680 CE. // History Religious events In 675 the Third Council of Braga was held in Braga (Bracara), Hispania. ... The Visigoths, originally Tervingi, or Vesi (the noble ones), one of the two main branches of the Goths (of which the Ostrogothi were the other), were one of the loosely-termed Germanic peoples that disturbed the late Roman Empire. ... Ergica or Egica (c. ...