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Period: 700 to 900
ORIGIN AND TRAINING OF THE CHRISTIANS KINGDOMS
This staredt in the 8th Century and finished in the 10th Century. -
711
BATTLE OF GUADALETE
King Godo Rodrigo was defeated in the forces of the Umayyad Caliphate. -
Period: 711 to 756
DEPENDENT EMIRATE
Al-Andalus is part of the Umayyad Caliphate. -
Period: 711 to 726
MUSLIM CONQUEST OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA
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712
MUSLIM CONQUEST OF TOLEDO
In the conquest, the conquerors were thrown out of the coast and mountains of present-day Asturias. -
722
BATTLE OF COVADONGA
The Battle of Covadonga between the Asturian army of Don Pelayo and Al-Andalus troops that were defeated. -
732
MUSLIM DEFEAT IN THE BATTLE OF POITIERS
This battle halted the Muslim expansion northward from the Iberian Peninsula. -
750
THE ABBASIDS
They overthrow the last Umayyad caliph in Damascus, moving the capital to Baghdad. -
756
EMIR OF CÓRDOBA
The Umayyad prince Abd ar-Rahman I defeats the governor of Al-Andalus, and becomes Emir of Córdoba. -
Period: 756 to 929
INDEPENDENT EMIRATE
The Emirate of Córdoba is governed by the Umayyad dynasty.
It is independent from the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad.
The Emirate becomes more prosperous. -
830
THE CREATION OF THE KINGDOM OF PAMPLONA
It was created in the north of Navarra and it first king was Íñigo Arista. -
929
ABD AL-RAHMAN III PROCLAIMS HIMSELF CALIPH
Under the mandate of Abd al-Rahman III Córdoba became a true beacon of civilization and culture. -
Period: 929 to 1031
CALIPHATE OF CÓRDOBA
During the Caliphate, Córdoba is one of the biggest and most important cities in the world. -
932
INDEPENDENCE OF CASTILLA COUNTY
The county of Castilla was a geographical area that was part of the kingdom of Asturias and the kingdom of León until it took the form of an autonomous State in 932 -
Period: 1000 to 1100
STRENGTHENING OF THE CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS
This started in the 11th Century and finished in the 12th Century. -
Period: 1001 to 1101
CONSOLIDATION OF CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS
Throughout the XII and XIII centeries the consolation of the peninsular christian kingdoms occurs. -
1031
TAIFAS
The Caliphate disintegrates into several smaller kingdoms called Taifas -
Period: 1031 to 1212
TAIFAS AND NORTH AFRICAN RULERS
The Taifas are not strong enough to resist the Christian kings. They ask for help from the Almoravids, who are Berbers from Morocco. The Almoravids take control of Al-Andalus.
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Period: 1031 to 1492
ADVANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS
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1035
DEATH OF SANCHO III "THE MAJOR" OF PAMPLONA
He died in La Bureba a town of Castilla and León. -
1037
THE KINGDOM OF CASTILLA ANNEXES THE KINGDOM OF LION
The kingdom of León was an independent medieval kingdom located in the northwest region of the Iberian Peninsula. -
1043
RODRIGO DÍAZ DE VIVAR "EL CID"
He was a Castilian military leader who came to dominate the Levante of the Iberian Peninsula at the end of his 11th century as an independent lord over the authority of any king. -
1085
MILITARY EXPEDITIONS
Al-Mansur did some military expeditions. -
1086
CONQUER OF TOLEDO BY THE CHRISTIANS
Taifas are not strong enough to resist the soldiery of Christian king Alfonso VI. -
Oct 23, 1086
BATTLE OF ZALACA
The battle of Zalaca was next to Badajoz. The battle was betwen Alofonso's VI christian soldiery and the Almoravids. -
1094
CONQUEST OF VALENCIA
The Cid conquest Valencia (15/06/1094). -
1118
CONQUEST OF ZARAGOZA BY ALFONSO II
He snatched Zaragoza from almoravids. -
1128
ALFONSO ENRÍQUEZ MAKES THE KINGDOM OF PORTUGAL INDEPENDENT
Alfonso Enríquez was the second count of Portugal and in 1139 he became the first king of Portugal. -
1137
MARRIAGE BETWEEN PETRONILA OF ARAGON AND RAMÓN BERENGUER IV
She was the queen of Aragon and the countess of Barcelona. He was the count of Barcelona, Gerona, Osona and Cerdaña. This marriage joined the Crown of Aragon. -
1147
THE ALMOHADS
The Almohads, another group of North Africa, take over from the Almoravids, and they take control. -
1164
MARRIAGE BETWEEN PETRONILA DE ARAGÓN AND RAMÓN BERENGUER IV
Petronila de Aragón was queen of Aragon between 1157 and 1164 and countess consort of Barcelona between 1162 and 1164. -
Period: 1201 to 1401
NAZARI KINGDOM OF GRANADA
The Nasrid Kingdom of Granada, also known as the Emirate of Granada, was a Muslim state located in the south of the Iberian peninsula, with capital in the city of Granada, which existed during the Middle Ages. -
Period: 1201 to 1401
THE GREAT EXPANSION OF THE CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS
Reconquest is the period in the history of the Iberian peninsula between the Umayyad conquest of Hispania and the fall of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada before the expanding Christian kingdoms. -
1212
BATLLE OF NAVAS DE TOLOSA
70.000 christians soldiers defeated 120.000 musilims soldiers in the north of Jaén. That victory was the start of the Reconquest. -
Period: 1212 to 1492
KINGDOM OF GRANADA
Granada is the only Muslim kingdom left in the Iberian Peninsula, ruled by the Nasrid Dynasty. It covers the modern provinces of Málaga, Granada and Almería. -
1213
DEFEAT OF PEDRO II DE ARAGON IN THE BATTLE OF MURET
This battle was the decisive factor in the Albigensian crusade. And the death of Pedro II of Aragon. -
1213
PEDRO II DE ARAGÓN IS DEFEATED IN THE BATTLE OF MURET
Pedro II of Aragon lost his life when he was defeated by Simón de Monfort in the battle of Muret. -
1230
FINALLY UNION OF THE KINGDOMS OF CASTILLA AND LEÓN
The history of the two kingdoms of Castile and León came together again in 1230 when Fernando III el Santo received from his mother Berengue the kingdom of Castile and from his deceased father Alfonso IX of León. -
1238
CONQUER OF VALENCIA BY JAIME I OF ARAGON
They conquered the most of the territory of the actual Valencia to the Crown of Aragon -
1282
PEDRO III "EL GRANDE" DE ARAGÓN INCORPORATES SICILY
Pedro III of Aragon, called the Great, was the son of Jaime I the Conqueror and his second wife Violante of Hungary. -
1492
CONQUEST OF GRANADA
Granada was conquest by the Catholic Kings (Isabel I and Fernando II). Before the conquest, Granada was in hands of Boabdil.
