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711
Battle of Guadalete
When the Muslim army crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and defeated the Visigoths. -
Period: 711 to 718
The conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom
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Period: 718 to 756
The dependent emirate
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722
Muslim controlled the Peninsula
The Muslim controlled all of the Peninsula Iberica, except a narrow mountainous strip in the north, there is the Hispano-Visigoths -
750
The Abbasid
The Abbasid dynasty from Baghdad took control of the Islamic Empire. The last member of the Umayyad Emirate clan, Abd al Rahman, fled to Al-Andalus. -
756
Emirate of Córdoba
An independendent emir under the name Abd al Rahman and founded the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba. -
Period: 756 to 929
The independent emirate
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Period: 929 to 1031
Caliphate of Cordoba
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1030
Al-Mansur
The caliphs suppressed internal rebellions and Christian advances thaks to the military expedition of Al-Mansur, who forced the Christian Kingdom to pay taxes to keep the peace. -
1031
Muslim aristocracy
The Muslim aristocracy divided Al-Andalus into over 25 independent Kingdom, or taifa. -
Period: 1031 to 1238
Taifa Kingdom
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1086
The Almoravids
To prevent Christian conquest, North African Muslim peoples, the Almoravids arrived on the Peninsula and took control of most taifas. -
1147
The Almohads
To prevent Christian conquest, North African Muslim peoples, the Almohads arrived on the Peninsula and took control of most taifas. -
1212
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
With the Muslim defeat in the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, the Christians conquered virtually all taifa Kingdom. -
1212
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
With the Muslin defeat in the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, the Christhians conquered virtually all taifa Kingdom. -
1238
Kingdom of Granada
The last Muslim enclave was the Kingdom of Granada, founded in 1238 by the Nasrid dynasty. -
Period: 1238 to 1492
Nasrid Kingdom
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1492
Boabdil
Boabdil, the last Nasrid Kind, surrendered Granada in 1492, ending almost 800 years of Islamic rule on the Iberian Peninsula.