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The Middle Ages

  • 476

    The finish of the Roman empire

    The finish of the Roman empire
  • 507

    Arrival of the Visigoths

    Arrival of the Visigoths
    After the defeat of Vouillé, the Visigoths moved from Galia to Hispania.
  • 554

    Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo

    Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo
    The Visigothic Kingdom is created and its capital is Toledo.
  • 711

    Muslim invasion

    Muslim invasion
    Muslims reached the Peninsula, ending the last king of the Visigoth monarchy at Guadalete battle.
  • 722

    Covadonga battle

    Covadonga battle
    Start of the Reconquest.
  • 750

    Kingdom of Asturias: First Christian Kingdom

    Kingdom of Asturias: First Christian Kingdom
    It is constituted as the first territory of Christian resistance against Muslims. His king, Don Pelayo.
  • 756

    Córdoba Emirate

    Córdoba Emirate
    Muslims called the conquered territory Al-Andalus and its capital Córdoba. Initially it was a dependent territory from Damascus.
  • 929

    Cordoba Caliphate

    Cordoba Caliphate
    Abd-al-Rahmán III proclaims the Cordoba Caliphate and he names himself Emir.
  • 1031

    End of the Cordoba Caliphate

    End of the Cordoba Caliphate
    The end of Caliphate occurs, and the territory is divided into 39 small kingdoms called Taifas, which means side in Arabic.
  • 1137

    Las Navas de Tolosa battle

    Las Navas de Tolosa battle
    It was the most important battle of the reconquest and the beginning of the decline of Muslim rule in Spain.
  • 1188

    The constitution of the first Cortes de León

    The constitution of the first Cortes de León
    Birth of the first Cortes, in the Kingdom of León.
  • 1230

    Kingdom of Castile

    Kingdom of Castile
    The definitive Union of the Kingdoms of Castilla y León.
  • 1237

    Nasrid Kingdom

    Nasrid Kingdom
    Muslim state located to the south of the peninsula.Its capital Granada was founded by Muhammad I. It was the last Muslim state of the Al-Andalus State.
  • 1479

    Kingdoms of Castilla and Aragon union.

    Kingdoms of Castilla and Aragon union.
    Dynastic Union of Castilla and Aragon with the marriage of the Catholic Monarchs, Isabel I of Castilla and Ferdinand II of Aragon.
  • 1482

    Granada war

    Granada war
    It's mean the integration of the last Muslim kingdom of the Iberian Peninsula in the Crown of Castilla, thus ending the reconquest
  • 1492

    End of the Reconquest

    End of the Reconquest
    End of the Granada War.
    Expulsion of the Jews.
    Discovery of America.