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The visigothic king Don Rodrigo was defeated by the Muslims commanded by General Tarik. This marked the end of the Visigothic kingdom. -
Al-Andalus was a Dependent Emirate: a province that depended politically and religiously on the Umayyad Caliphte of Damascus.
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The Christians led by Don Pelayo defeated the Muslims. This battle is taken as the beginning of "La Reconquista" -
The Muslims attacked the south of France but they were defeated by the Franks. -
The Umayyad prince Abderraman I arrived to the Iberian Peninsula after running away from the murder of his family at the hands of the Abbasids and taking advantage of the tensions between Arabs and Berbers he removed the emir from Al-Andalus and established an independent emirate. -
Abderraman I arrived to the Iberian Peninsula and established and Independent Emirate. During this period they had problems such as the Franks conquering Barcelona and Girona, the rebellion of the Muladi and the Christian kingdoms conquering Zamora.
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Abderraman III proclimed himself Caluph, leading to a political and religious independence from the Abbasid Caliphate of Baghdad. -
It was the best period of al-Andalus. Abderraman III put an end to the internal conflicts,stopped the conquest of the Christian kingdoms and organised a great army.
Stability lasted until a civil war broke out between the followers of Hisham II and the followers of the son of Almanzor. -
The Caliphate of Cordoba was disintegrated into 28 small independent Muslim kimgdoms called "Taifas".
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Taifas: small independent Muslim Kingdoms.
The Taifas competed with each other for territory and cultural reputation and for this reason they were weak. -
Ignoring the parias paid by the Taifas the king of Leon Alfonso VI conquered the Taifa of Toledo.
The Muslims saw it as the beginning of the end. -
The Almoravids came to the Iberian Peninsula to help the Taifas fight the Christians.
They reunified them and integrated them into their empire.
The Almoravids implemented a strong religious radicalism chasing the Jews and the Mozarabs. -
The Almoravids defeated the christians. -
Al-Andalus disintegrted again into Taifas.
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They were independent until The Almohads conquered them.
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The Almohads conquered the Taifas in AL-Andalus and reunified all to their empire.
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The Almohads reunified al-Andalus and united it to their empire.But in 1212 they were defeated by the Christians and the Taifas were created again.
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The Almohads defeated the Christians army of Alfonso VII. -
The Christians of Alfonso VIII defeated The Almohads with the help of Aragón and Navarra.
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Little by little the Christian kingdoms of Aragón and Castilla were conquering the Taifas.
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Al-Andalus was reduced to the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada. Al-Ahmar enters to Granada. -
They survived for more than 200 years due to their geographical situation. Thanks to the access to the Mediterranean Sea they developed a rich trade.They also survived because they paid “parias”.
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After 10 years of war, the Catholic kings took Granada and the "La Reconquista" came to an end.