Significance of The Battle of Taurs

"For almost seven days the two armies watched one another, waiting anxiously the moment for joining the struggle. Finally they made ready for combat. And in the shock of the battle the men of the North seemed like North a sea that cannot be moved. Firmly they stood, one close to another, forming as it were a bulwark of ice; and with great blows of their swords they hewed down the Arabs. Drawn up in …

…it worked so well, that in the midst of all the confusion, Abd er Rahman was surrounded and killed trying to retrieve his troops from retreat . The Arabs, realizing that there leader was killed, fled back home where they were safe, ending the Battle of Tours. Had this convulsive battle been won by Abd er Rahman, the Muslims could have easily conquered the already divided Europe and alter world history as we know it today.