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1 CE
Born of Jesus
This marks the beggining of the Christian calendar. -
570
Muhammed has borned
When his parents died his uncle became his legal tutor, his uncle was a rich merchant. He took Muhammad to a lot of his journeys, here is were Muhammad conected with Christians and Jews. -
622
The Hijra
Muhammad emigrate from his birthplace called Mecca to Medina, because the authorities persecuted him because his ideas. This marks the start of the islamic calendar. -
Jun 8, 632
Death of Muhammad
At this time most Arabs were Muslims and Arabian Peninsula had been politically unified. -
711
Arrive of the Omeyans to the I.P
The omeyans arrived te peninsula because a men called Abderramán was asking for help, the reason was that the Absids killed her family. Finally Abderramán reached help and he started to conquer it. -
Jul 27, 711
Battle of Guadalete
The Visigothic king Rodrigo was defeated by a Arabian minority (The Umayyad Caliphate) The Arab minority were led by an army of Berbers -
Oct 10, 732
Battle of Poitiers
The Muslims arrived in southern Gaul, specifically in Poitiers. They were defeated, so they didn´t try to conquer Gaul again. -
750
The Umayyads of Damascus are defeated by the Abbasies of Badgad
The umayyads were defeated by the Abbasids. The Ummayads were from Syria, but they conquered the Iberian peninsula. -
929
Caliphate of Cordoba
The emir Abd al-Rahman III wanted to impose his authority in 929 he self-proclaimed and established a independent territory from the authority of Baghdad called The Caliphate of Cordoba. This caliphate was fragmented as kingdoms called Taifas (1031) -
979
Military expedition to Al-Mansur
He was a famous andalus militar and political. He destroyed important cities as Barcelona and Santiago de Compostela. -
1031
The Taifas kingdom
Al Andalus was divided into more than 25 independent kingdom. The Taifas were military weaker as result of the political fragmentation.As well they were smaller. One of the most importants Taifas was the nowadays Zaragoza -
1248
The Nasrid kingdom of Granada
It was the only that survided the Christian advance. Granada was one of the most importants commerce and cultural centres in Europe. It was founded by Mohamed-Ben-Nazar. -
Oct 12, 1492
Discovery of America
Cristopher Columbus discovered America -
Dec 25, 1492
Expulsion of the Muslims from the peninsula
The last ruler of the kingdom of Granada was Boabdill. He was surrendered by the Catholic Monarchs.
He was forced to give them the keys of the Alhambra palace.
