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Period: 711 to 718
THE CONQUEST OF THE VISIGOTH KINGDOM
In 711, a Muslim army whose leader was Tarik, passed through the Strait of Gibraltar and defeated the Visigoths in a battle called the Battle of Guadalete. -
Period: 711 to 756
A DEPENDANT EMIRATE
After the Umayyad caliph of Damascus conquered the Iberian Peninsula, the Al-Andalus emirate was established. Its capital was in Córdoba and it was ruled by an Emir. -
Period: 756 to 929
AN INDEPENDANT EMIRATE
The emirate of Cordoba was an independent emirate with its capital in Cordoba that existed in the Iberian Peninsula between 756 and 929 which was ruled by the Umayyads. -
Period: 929 to 1031
CORDOBA CALIPHATE
The emir Abd al-Rahman III named himself caliph and obtained religious independance. The Caliphate was an economic, cultural and scientific golden age. Christian advances thanks to expeditions Al-Mansur, who forced to pay taxes.