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On this date in 732, an army led by Charles Martel defeated the forces of Umayyad commander Abd al-Rahman at the Battle of Tours in western #France. The victory blocked the Moorish advance into Europe and enabled the beginning of the Carolingian dynasty. https://t.co/b2MrCVppeU https://t.co/pn27UV7nqI — PolitiTweet.org