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The Umayyads find a new territory after exploring to the north of the peninsula, it is called Al-Andalus.
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The battle of Covadonga starts, which marks the beginning of the Asturian resistance.
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Abderrahman I, the last Umayyad from Damascus, arrived in the Iberian Peninsula and settled in Córdoba. Establishes a dynasty that will rule al-Andalus until 1031
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Norman incursion in Lisboa, Sevilla, Cádiz and Sidonia.
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Abderrahman III proclaims himself Prince of the Believers and becomes independent from Baghdad. The Caliphate of Córdoba begins.
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Beginning of the crisis of the caliphate, fitna or civil war
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Oficial start of the Taifa Kingdoms.
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Alfonso VI takes Toledo. The king of Sevilla named al-Mu'tamid asks to the Almoravids for help and all together defeat the Christians a year later in Sagrajas.
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The tribe of the Almohads land on the Iberian Peninsula
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The allied armies of Castilla, Aragón and Navarra finally defeat the Almohads in the famous battle of "Las Navas de Tolosa".
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Ibn al-Ahmar has his power recognized in Granada and the construction of the Alhambra begins.
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The Granada war begins. Boabdil seizes the throne from his father.
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Málaga submits to Christian forces in the "Toma de Vélez-Málaga"
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Baza and Almería surrender to the Catholic Monarchs and make a huge step towards dominating the peninsula
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On January 2, the Catholic Monarchs enter Granada. One of the last sites still dominated by the Arabian forces
