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The battle of Guadalete happened in the year in the 8th century.
The Muslim army,led by Tarik defeated the Visigoth kingdom,the last king of visigoths was don Rodrigo,and began the conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. -
The Muslims was stopped in the rocky region in Asturias,when a group of Christians led by Don Pelayo, defeated the Muslims beat in the battle of Covadonga. This battle was the birth of the "The Reconquista" -
The prince of the Umayyad dynasty arrived to the Iberian Peninsula,
remove the emir of Al-Andalus and started an independant emirate -
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Abderaman III declare caliphate guiding political and religious independance from the Abbasid caliphate from Baghdad
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the governors of the provinces declared their separation from the caliphaate of Cordoba, the caliphate of Cordoba was fragmented into 28 small independance Muslim territory called Taifas -
There was conflicts between the taifas and competed for their territories ,and that made them weak
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The Almoravids armed a strong religious radicalism persecuting Mozarabs and Jews. Their rigidness led them to crisis and caused the fragmentation agin of Taifas
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THe Almoravids came to The Iberian Peninsula to help the kings of the taifasand defeat the Christians -
The king of leon (Alfonso VI) conquered Toledo, that conquest scared the taifas and asked help from the Almoravids (An empire from the N.Africa)
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The disintegration of Taifas again for the crsis of Almoravids
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The second taifas remained independent by 1172, when they were conquered by the Almohads (the dynasty that had replaced the Almoravids in North Africa.
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The Almohads reunified again Al-Andalus,The Almohads stopped the Reconquista from a while in the B. of Alarcos -
The Almohads reunified Al-Andalus again and incorporated to their territory. The Almohads stopped the Reconquista fo a while in the Battle of Alarcos.
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The battle of "Las Navas de Tolosa" took place in 1212, between the Almohads and the Christian Kingdoms. The Almohads were defeated by the Christians,the Almohads returned to North Africa and Al-Andalus was broken up into the Taifas. It was the third time this happens. -
The Taifas were conquered by Christians until 1238, when just one taifa survived: The Nasrid Kingdom of Granada
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The Nasrid Kingdom of Granada survived over 200 years due to its geographical location and the payment of Parias to the kingdom of Castilla. They were conquered by the Catholic Monarchs.
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The Reconquista had ended in 1492, marked by the conquest of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada by the Christian Kingdoms.
This event, together with the Discovery of America
