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711
Battle of Guadalete
A small Muslim army led by Tarik (A Berber commander) crossed the strait of gibraltar and they defeated the visigoths. -
Period: 711 to 718
The conquest of visigothic kingdom
The Muslims Conquered the Visigoth kingdom. -
722
Control the most of the peninsula
When they defeated the Visigoths they started to control the most of the peninsula except narrow mountains in the north. -
Period: 722 to 756
Dependent emirate
The Umayyad Caliph established the emirate of Al-Andalus with its capital Córdoba and ruled by an emir. -
756
Abd al Rahman
He was the last member of the Umayyad clan, he proclaimed himself an Independent emir and he changed his name to Abd al Rahman I and he founded the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba. -
Period: 756 to 929
Independent emirate.
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929
Abd al-Rahman III
He named himself caliph and proclaimed independence from Baghdad's religious authority -
Period: 929 to 1031
Córdoba Caliphate.
was an economic, cultural and scientific age. Córdoba became Europe´s most populated city. -
1031
al-Mansur
He forced Christian kingdoms to pay taxes -
1031
Taifas
Muslim aristocracy divided Al-Andalus into 25 taifas (Independent kingdoms) each taifa with a major city. -
Period: 1031 to 1238
The division into taifa kingdom
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1212
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
To prevent the Christian conquest, Two north african muslims peoples , the almoravids (1086) and the Almohads (1147). With the defeat the christians conquered virtually all taifa kingdom. -
1238
kingdom of Granada
Was founded by Nasrid dynasty. -
Period: 1238 to 1492
The Nasrid kingdom of granada
The Nasrid kingdom was prosperous thanks to agriculture and trade. The Nasrid kings had to pay Castile heavy taxes. -
1492
Boabdlid
The catholic kings decided to conquer all the kingdom. Boabdil surrendered Granada ending almost 800 years of Islamic rule in the iberian peninsula.