Al-Andalus

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  • 711

    Battle of Guadalete

    A muslim army crossed the strait of gribraltar and defeated the visigoths
  • Period: 711 to 718

    The conquest of the visigothic kingdoms

  • Period: 718 to 756

    The dependent emirate

  • 722

    Battle of Covadonga

    The muslims controlled all the Peninsula but over this battle they can´t controlled more territory
  • 750

    Abbasid Dynasty

    The Abbasid dynasty took control of the Islamic Empire
  • 756

    Abd-al-Rahman

    The last member of the Umayyad clan fled to al-Andalus. He proclaimed himself an independent emir an founded the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba
  • Period: 756 to 929

    The independent emirate

  • Period: 929 to 1031

    Caliphate of Córdoba

  • 1031

    The Muslim aristocracy

    The Muslim aristocracy divided al-Andalus into over 25 idependent kingdoms or taifas
  • Period: 1031 to 1212

    Taifa kingdoms

  • Period: 1212 to 1492

    The nasrid kindom