Al-Andalus

  • 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

  • Period: 718 to 756

    The dependent emirate

  • 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

  • Period: 929 to 1031

    Caliphate of Cordoba

  • 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

  • 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

  • 1492

    Boabdil

    Boabdil, the last Nasrid Kind, surrendered Granada in 1492, ending almost 800 years of Islamic rule on the Iberian Peninsula.