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711
BATTLE OF GUADALETE
Berber attacks and the beginning of al-Andalus. Roderic was killed in the battle, along with many members of the Visigothic nobility, opening the way for the capture of the Visigothic capital of Toledo. -
Period: 711 to 756
DEPENDENT EMIRATE
Al-Andalus becomes a new province of the Caliphate of Damascus. It set its capital in Córdoba, and was governed by emirs (dependent on the government in the east) under the supervision of the caliph. -
Period: 711 to 718
THE CONQUEST OF THE VISIGOTHIC KINGDOM
A small Muslim army that were led by Tarik defeated the Visigoths. It was easier to defeat the Visigoths because they had a economic crisis so Muslims armies encoured no resistance. -
722
Controlled most of the Peninsula
The Muslims controlled most of the Peninsula except in the north, in the north where Hispano-Visigoths refuged -
750
MASSACRE OF UMAYYADS
In the year 750 there was the massacre of the Umayyads at the hands of the Abbasids in Damascus. -
Period: 756 to 929
INDEPENDENT EMIRATE
Abderramán manages to escape and reaches the peninsula. He defeated the governor of Córdoba and proclaimed himself independent emir of Baghdad in 756 under the name Abderramán I. He would represent the highest political authority, although he continued to accept the religious authority of the caliph. In the almost two centuries of government, al-Andalus went through turbulent times: confrontations with the Franks, with the Christians -
Period: 929 to 1031
CORDOBA CALIPHATE
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Period: 1031 to 1250
TAIFA KINGDOMS
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Period: 1086 to 1147
ALMORAVIDS
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Period: 1147 to 1248
ALMOHADS
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Period: 1238 to 1492
NASRID KINGDOMM OF GRANADA