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• political and religious dependentof the UmmayadCaliphate of Dammascu.
- Abd al-Rahman (Umayyad) escaped from the Abbasids---) Refused political dependend on the caliph and provocate the INDEPENDENCE OF THE EMIRATE OF CORDOBA -
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Christian kingdoms grow in the north of the iberian peninsule
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•Late 10th cent.tensions between ethnic groupsprovincial governors achieved greater autonomycaliph looses influenceexample: Grand Vizier Al-Mansurdeath 1002period of conflictbreak up of the Caliphate
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TaifaKingdoms (1035 –1086)•small kingdomsZaragoza, Toledo, Badajoz, Sevilla, Denia, Valencia...smaller, weaker than the Caliphatepaid parias(taxes) to the Christian Kingdom
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•Almohadsconquered Almoravid territoriesperiod of greatness (Al-Andalus capital in Sevilla)*1212: defeated –Battle of Las Navasde Tolosafragmentation of Al-Andalus
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