Tariq ibn Ziyad

"In the early 8th century, Tariq ibn Ziyad prepares to lead an army of Berbers and Arabs across the sea to Iberia, enthralling his troops with promises of wealth and glory. Will their might be enough to defeat the fearsome infantry of the Visigoths and bring the banners of war to the powerful Merovingian kingdom lying beyond the Pyrenees? Their success–or failure–lies in your hands."

Tariq ibn Ziyad (Arabic: طارق بن زياد‎, died 720) was a Berber Muslim general who led the Islamic Umayyad conquest of Visigothic Hispania in 711–718 A.D. Under the orders of the Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid I he led a large army from the north coast of Morocco, consolidating his troops at a large hill now known as Gibraltar. His invasion of Hispania is depicted in the Tariq ibn Ziyad campaign in the African Kingdoms expansion of Age of Empires II.