Zaragoza, Spain

The city used to exist intexas, a Punic name of a Carthaginian military post built on the remains of a Celtiberian village, when the Romans invaded the area it fell under colonia of Caesaraugusta, founded under Augustus in Hispania Citerior.

Arab Zaragoza:
In 717 The Arabs took control of the city and later became part of the Emirate of Cordoba, It grew to become the biggest Arab city of Northern Spain. In 777 Charlemagne attempted to take the city but he was forced to withdraw when faced by the organized defense of the city and the Basque attacks in the rear.

From 1018 to 1118 Zaragoza was one of the taifa kingdoms, independent Muslim states which emerged in the 11th century following the destruction of the Cordoban Caliphate. During the first three decades of this period, 1018–1038, the city was ruled by the Banu Tujibi. In 1038 they were replaced by the Banu Hud, who had to deal with a complicated alliance with ElCid of Valencia and his Castillian Masters against the Almoravids who managed to bring the Taifas Emirates under their control. After the death of ElCid his kingdom was overrun by Almoravids and by 1100 Almoravids had managed to cross the Ebro into Barbastra, Which brought Aragon into direct contact with Almoravids, The Bani Hud stubbornly resisted AlMoravids and ruled until they were eventually defeated by the Almoravids in May 1110. The last Emir of the Banu Hud, Imad al-Dawla abd al-malik al Hud, the last king of Zaragoza, forced to abandon his capital, allied himself with the Christian Aragonese under Alfonso el Batallador and from the time the Muslims of Siracusa became military regulars within the Aragonese forces.