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711
Muslims come to the peninsula (711)
They defeated the Visigoths at the Battle of Guadalete. A new army continued advancing north. Muza led the advance. The Visigoths were in civil war because King itiza died. Agila, asked the Muslims for help. The Muslims sent troops
to peninsula, helped him beat his opponent, Don Rodnigo.
The Muslim had a plot in the peninsula, called Al-Andalus, happened in the context of rapid
Islamic expansion. Muslim troops even tried to advance more but were stopped
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711
Dependent emirate (711)
Ruled by an emir under the Umayyad Caliphate of Damascus. -
Period: 711 to 929
The Muslim's territory in the peninsula
The Muslims made Córdoba their capital, turning it into a major Mediterranean city. Al-Andalus evolved politically: Dependent emirate (711): Ruled by an emir under the Umayyad Caliphate of Damascus.
Independent emirate (756): Abd al-Rahman I seized power, rejecting the Caliph's authority but recognizing religious leadership.
Caliphate (929): Abd al-Rahman III became Caliph, holding political and religious power, marking Al-Andalus' golden age. -
Period: 711 to 756
Emirate of Córdoba
Political and religious dependent of the Ummayad Caliphate of Dammascu -
718
Don pelayo rules
Don Pelayo is the first king of Asturias -
732
Battle of Poitiers (732).
Muslim troops even tried to advance more but were stopped
by the franks -
756
Independent emirate of Córdoba (756)
Abd al-Rahman I seized power, rejecting the Caliph's authority but recognizing religious leadership. -
778
Resistance at covadonga
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929
Caliphate (929)
Abd al-Rahman III became Caliph, holding political and religious power, marking Al-Andalus' golden age. -
1002
Almanzor (Dies)
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1031
disintegration of the Independent Emirate Of Córdoba
Formation of Taifa Kingdoms -
1085
Taifa Kingdoms loses Toledo
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1086
Decline of Al-Andalus
Under Caliph Hisham I, Almanzor ruled the Córdoba Caliphate, leading campaigns against Christians. After his death 1002, instability led to disintegration 1031. The weak Taifa kingdoms emerged, paying parias to Christian kingdoms but losing Toledo 1085. The Almoravids arrived 1086, took control, and halted Christian advances. In 1146, the Almohads defeated them, ruling from Sevilla until their defeat at Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212. The Nasrid Kingdom of Granada remained until conquest 1492. -
1086
Almoravids arrive to the peninsula
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1145
Almohads defeat Almoavids
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1211
Almoavids defeated in sevilla at the Battle of Navas de Tolosa
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1492
The key of christian's resistance (Until 1492)
Some areas in the Cantabrian Mountains and Pyrenees stayed outside Muslim control, forming Christian resistance. In the Cantabrian region, Visigothic nobles took refuge, and Don Pelayo became Asturias' first king in 718, leading the resistance at Covadonga. In 778, the Basques defeated the Franks at Roncesvalles, creating the Kingdom of Pamplona. The eastern Pyrenees remained under Frankish rule as the Hispanic March. -
1492
Kingdom of Granada is conquered