Middle Ages in the Iberian Peninsula

  • 711

    muslims came yo the iberian peninsula and defeated visigoths in the battle of guadalete

  • Period: 711 to 756

    Abc al-rahaman I dead at the hands of Abbasid

  • Period: 711 to 929

    al-andalus was a dependent emirate of the Umayyad caliphate of Damascus

  • 718

    Don Pelayo became the first king of the kingdom of Asturias

  • 722

    Battle of Covadonga

  • 732

    battle of poitiers

  • 778

    Basques attackted Frankish troops in the region during the battle of Roncesvalles

  • 929

    Abc al-Rahman III proclaimed himself the caliph of the caliphate of cordoba

  • 932

    caliphate of cordoba

  • Period: 1001 to 1031

    The caliphate entered on a period of instability

  • 1002

    Hisham II died

  • 1002

    Caliph Hisham II died

  • 1031

    the caliphate entered in a period of instability

  • 1085

    Alfonso VI captured Toledo from the Muslims

  • 1086

    almoravids came to the iberian peninsula

  • 1146

    Almohads came to the iberian peninsula and dominated al-andalus

  • 1212

    Christians defeated Almohads at the battle of las navas de tolosa

  • 1492

    Nasrid Kingdom of Granada was conquered by the Catholic Monarchs