A muslim army led by Tarik crossed the strait of Gibraltar and defeated the Visigoths at the Battle of Guadalete
Period: 711 to 718
The conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom
Period: 718 to 756
The dependent Emirate
722
The Ummayyad caliph established an emirate with capital in Cordoba
750
THE ABBASID DYNAST FROM BAGHDAD TOOK CONTROL OF THE ISLAMIC EMPIRE
756
THE LAST MEMBER OF THE UMMAYYAD CLAN FLED TO AL-ANDALUS. HE PROCLAIMED HIMSELF AN INDEPENDENT EMIR UNDER THE NAME OF ABD-AL-RAHMAN I AND FOUNDED THE UMAYYAD EMIRATE OF CORDOBA
Period: 756 to 929
The independent Emirate
929
THE CALIPHATE OF CORDOBA WAS AN ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC GOLDEN AGE
Period: 929 to 1031
Caliphate of Cordoba
1030
IN THE EARLY 11th CENTURY, THE HIGH COST OF THE ARMY AND RIVALRY BETWEEN THE NOBLES AND MILITARY TO ESCAPE THE CALIPH'S CONTROL SENT THE CALIPHATE INTO A CRISIS
1031
AL-ANDALUS SPLIT INTO 25 INDEPENDENT TAIFA KINGDOMS
Period: 1031 to 1238
Taifa Kingdoms
1086
ALMORAVIDS
1147
ALMOHADS
1212
BATTLE OF LAS NAVAS DE TOLOSA
THE CHRISTIANS CONQUERED VIRTUALLY ALL TAIFA KINGDOMS
1238
THE NASRID KINGDOM BECAME PROSPEROUS UNTIL THE YEAR 1492 THAT GRANADA SURRENDERED UNDER THE CHRISTIANS
Period: 1238 to 1492
Nasrid Kingdom
1492
IN THE LATE 15th CENTURY, THE CATHOLIC KINGS DECIDED TO CONQUER THE KINGDOM. BOABDIL, THE LAST NASRID KING, SURRENDERED GRANADA IN 1492, ENDING ALMOST 800 YEARS OF ISLAMIC RULE ON THE IBERIAN PENINSULA