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711
Battle of Guadalete
The Muslims conquered the most of the Iberian Peninsula and named their territory Al-Andalus -
Period: 711 to 756
Dependent Emirate
Al-Andalus was a province that depended politically and religiously on the Umayyad Caliphate of Damascus. the capital of Al-Andalus was Cordoba. -
722
Battle of Covadonga
A group of Christians led by Don Pelayo defeated the Muslims in the Battle of Covadonga. This battle was taken as the begining of the Reconquista. -
Period: 756 to 929
Independent Emirate
Abderraman escaped to the Iberian Peninsula because hes family was assesinated. He took adventage of the tension between the Arabs and Berbers and established an independent emirate. -
Period: 929 to 1031
Caliphate of Cordoba
Abderraman III proclamed himself as a caliph and began the period of the greatest splendour of Al-Andalus. The prosperith continued under the caliph Hisam II but he was too young se he delegated government to Almanzor. When Almanzoe died the caliphate fell into a crisis due to a civil war. The caliphate of Cordoba desintegrated into 28 independent kingdoms called TAIFAS. -
Period: 1031 to 1085
1st Taifas
The taifas copeted among theirselves and became verry weak. The christian kingdom took adventage of this weekness. Charged them taxes in exchange of peace. The Reconquista continued in 1085 and Alfonso VI conquered the taifa of Toledo. -
Period: 1085 to 1145
The Almoravidas
The Almoravids came to the Peninsula and defeated the Christians in the Battle of Sagrajas. The Almoravids incorporated in their empire. The Almoravids implemented a strong religious radicalism, persecuting Mozarabs and Jews. Al-Andalus desintegrated into taifas again. -
1086
Battle of Sagrajas
The Almoravids came to the Peninsula and defeated the Christians in the Battle of Sagrajas. -
1095
Battle of Alarcos
The Almohads stopped the Reconquista in the Battle of Alarcos. -
Period: 1145 to 1172
2nd Taifas
The second taifas remained independent 1172, when they were conquered by the Almohads (the dynasty that had replaced the Almoravids in North Africa. -
Period: 1172 to 1212
The Almohads
The Almohads reunified Al-Andalus again and incorporated to their territory. The Almohads stopped the Reconquista fo a while in the Battle of Alarcos. The Almohads were defeated by the Christians in the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa. The Christians reached the Valley of Guadalquivir. -
1212
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
The Almohads were defeated by the Christians in the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa. -
Period: 1212 to 1238
3rd Taifas
The Crown of Castilla conquered the taifas of Cordoba, Jaen, Sevilla, Cadiz and Murcia. The Crown of Aragon conquered the taifas of Mallorca and Valencia. Al-Andalus has¡d been reduced to the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada. -
Period: 1238 to 1492
Nasrid Kingdon of Granada
It survived more than 200 years due to their geographical location, the mountains, the Mediterranean enabled to recive supoport of the Muslims from North Africa and the payment of parias to the Kings of Castilla. -
1492
Conquest of Granada
The Catholic Monarchs captured Granada after 10 years of war