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The Middle Ages

  • The finish of the Roman empire
    476

    The finish of the Roman empire

  • Arrival of the Visigoths
    507

    Arrival of the Visigoths

    After the defeat of Vouillé, the Visigoths moved from Galia to Hispania.
  • Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo
    554

    Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo

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

    Muslim invasion

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

    Covadonga battle

    Start of the Reconquest.
  • Kingdom of Asturias: First Christian Kingdom
    750

    Kingdom of Asturias: First Christian Kingdom

    It is constituted as the first territory of Christian resistance against Muslims. His king, Don Pelayo.
  • Córdoba Emirate
    756

    Córdoba Emirate

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

    Cordoba Caliphate

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

    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.
  • Las Navas de Tolosa battle
    1137

    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.
  • The constitution of the first Cortes de León
    1188

    The constitution of the first Cortes de León

    Birth of the first Cortes, in the Kingdom of León.
  • Kingdom of Castile
    1230

    Kingdom of Castile

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

    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.
  • Kingdoms of Castilla and Aragon union.
    1479

    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.
  • Granada war
    1482

    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
  • End of the Reconquest
    1492

    End of the Reconquest

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