In the year 732, one of the most important battles in world history took place between the cities of Tours and Portier in France.

On one side was an unstoppable juggernaut that had amassed one of the largest empires in world history in less than a century.

On the other side was a vastly outnumbered force that lacked the primary weapon of the era, heavy cavalry.

The outcome of the battle can still be seen in the world today.

Learn more about the Battle of Tours and the Battle that shaped Europe on this episode of

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on IT1 and ITX. A while back I did an episode on the most important battles in history.

These weren't the biggest battles or the battles were a general showed the greatest

brilliance, but the battles whose outcome managed to shape the world.

These battles were civilizational battles.

Battles between different cultures and empires, not just squabbles between neighboring

kings or dukes over who would collect taxes on a piece of land.

And several of these battles had to do with the rise of Islam.

After the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632, Islam spread out from the Arabian Peninsula like wildfire.

To say that Islam was seemingly unstoppable is not an exaggeration.

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