The Moorish invasion of the Iberian peninsula was driven by political, religious, and economic factors
Historical and paleoclimatic studies indicate that the Islamic expansion into the Iberian Peninsula was facilitated by significant socio-political crises, agricultural vulnerabilities, and underlying political dynamics.
The retrieved papers include sources that discuss the political and institutional frameworks of the Islamic administration in Iberia (e.g., Wasserstein 1993) and the socio-political and agricultural-economic instabilities, such as severe droughts, that contributed to the collapse of the Visigothic kingdom and the subsequent expansion (e.g., Contreras et al. 2023). Therefore, the claim is supported by the literature.
David J Wasserstein. The Caliphate in the West. 1993. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198203018.001.0001
Wasserstein (1993) discusses the political context and institutionalization of Islamic rule in the Iberian peninsula, supporting the political factor.
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J. Camuera, F. Jiménez-Espejo, José Soto-Chica, G. Jiménez-Moreno, A. García‐Alix, M. J. Ramos-Román, Leena Ruha, Manuel Castro-Priego. Drought as a possible contributor to the Visigothic Kingdom crisis and Islamic expansion in the Iberian Peninsula. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41367-7
Contreras et al. (2023) highlight how severe droughts and agricultural vulnerabilities contributed to socio-political instability in the Visigothic Kingdom, connecting environmental and political-economic factors to the context of Islamic expansion.
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