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How Was the Spanish Emirate of Córdoba in Modern-Day Spain

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How was the Spanish emirate of Córdoba in modern-day Spain created in 756?


A) Abd al-Rahman, an Umayyad, gathered an army during the Abbasid revolution and seized southern Spain after one battle.
B) Abd al-Rahman took the Abbasid revolution to Morocco and then launched a five-year campaign against southern Spain.
C) Muslim advisers to the Spanish king overthrew him and took control of southern Spain.
D) The new Abbasid caliph sent Abd al-Rahman to establish an emirate in Spain, where he encountered little resistance in the sparsely populated region.

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