No, the time period of MTW covers the gradual expulsion of Islam from the Iberian Peninsula. By that time, the balance of power in Spain lay increasingly with the northern Visigothic States, who eventually expelled the Muslims in the 15th century. The Moors actually invaded (colonized might be a better word) the Iberian peninsula during the Dark Ages, a little earlier than the period of Viking raids in northern Europe, and were extremely successful, putting almost all of the peninsula under Muslim rule. They reached as far as extreme southern France, but were halted at the Battle of Tours by the Frankish duke Charles Martel. It's an immensely important event in European history, a pivotal battle; things wouldn't be the same today if "the Hammer" had been defeated.
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