Al andalus

Al-Andalus

By Mayra Belda
  • 711

    Battle of Guadalete

    Battle of Guadalete
    The Battle of Guadalete was the first major battle of the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula
  • Period: 711 to 720

    Conquest

    Muslims win the battle and establish Al-Andalus
  • Period: 711 to 756

    Dependent Emirate

    Is called the dependent emirate because Al-Andalus, was dependent on the Umayyad caliph in Damascus
  • 756

    Abd al-Rahman became emir

    Abd al-Rahman became emir
    After the victory, Abd al-Rahman proclaimed himself independent emir of al-Andalus in Archidona on March 16 and the Abbasids of Baghdad lost this territory.
  • Period: 756 to 929

    Independent Emirate

    The Caliphate of Córdoba collapsed during a civil war, when al-Andalus broke up into a number of mostly independent mini-states and principalities called taifas.
  • 929

    Abd al-rahman iii became caliphate

    Abd al-rahman iii became caliphate
    Abd al-Rahman III was the first caliph and greatest ruler of the Umayyad Arab Muslim dynasty of Spain
  • Period: 929 to 1031

    Córdoba Caliphate

    For Al-Andalus, the Caliphate of Córdoba was an economic, cultural and scientific golden age, and Córdoba become Europe's most popular city
  • 997

    Azeifas

    Azeifas
    military incursion that the Saracens used to make in the summer in Christian territories.
  • Period: 1031 to 1238

    Taifa kingdom

    The taifas were small kingdoms into which the Caliphate of Córdoba was divided after the Córdoba Revolution that deposed Caliph Hisham II.
  • Period: 1090 to 1056

    Almoravids and Almohads

    Between the years 1090-1046 the arrival of the Almoravids and Almohads to the Iberian Peninsula occurred. These are nomadic Berber groups from North Africa. Spanish Muslims invite them to settle on the peninsula to increase the number of soldiers in their armies and revitalize the practice of Islam.
  • 1212

    Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa

    Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
    faced an allied Christian army made up largely of Castilian troops
  • Period: 1238 to 1492

    Nasrid Kingdom of Granada

    It was a Muslim state located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, with its capital in the city of Granada, which existed during the Middle Ages.

  • Parias

    Parias
    They were a tax that the Taifa kings paid to the Christian kings