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711
The arrival of the Muslim army to the Iberian Peninsula
-The Muslim army led by Tarik crossed the Strait of Gibraltar, defeated the Visigoths in the Battle of Guadalete and conquered almost all the Iberian Peninsula in seven years because there wasn't Visigothic resistance. -
Period: 711 to 718
The conquest of the Iberian Peninsula.
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Period: 718 to 756
Dependent emirate
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722
The Battle of Covadonga
The Visigoths defeated the Islam army and stopped the Islam expansion. The Visigoths took refuge in the Cantabrian Range. -
750
The last member of the Ummayad clan
The Abbasid dynasty from Baghdad took control of the Islamic empire. -
756
The last member of the Ummayad clan.
The last member of the Ummayad clan fled to Al-Andalus and proclaimed himself an independent emirate under the name of Abd al-Rahman I. -
Period: 756 to 929
Independent emirate
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Period: 929 to 1031
Caliphate of Córdoba
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1030
The crisis of the Caliphate
The high cost of the army and the rivaly between the nobles and military to escape the caliph's control sent the Caliphate into a crisis. -
1031
The division of Al-Andalus
Al-Andalus was divided into 25 independent kingdoms, taifas. This led the Christian kingdoms to attack. -
Period: 1031 to 1238
Taifa kingdoms
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1086
The arrival of the Almoravids
To prevent Christian conquest, the Almoravids, North African Muslim people arrived on the Peninsula and took control of most taifas. -
1147
The arrival of the Almohads
After the Almoravids, the Almohads arrived to the Peninsula to prevent Christian conquest. -
1214
The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
In this battle, the Christians defeated the Muslims and conquered almost all the taifa kingdoms. -
1238
The Kingdom of Granada
The Nasrid dynasty founded the Kingdom of Granada in 1238, which was a prosperous kingdom over two centuries thanks to trade and agriculture. -
Period: 1238 to 1492
Nasrid kingdom
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1492
The conquest of the Kingdom of Granda
In 1492, the Catholic Kings finnaly conquered the Kingdom of Granada when Boabdil, the last Nasrid king surrendered, ending the Islamic rule on the Iberian Peninsula.