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The Visigoths adopted Catholicism.
Small rural communities.
Agriculture and farming.
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Battle of Guadalete. In 7 years, they occupaid almost all the Iberian Peninsula.
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Beginning of 8th century: Al-Andalus became part of the Islamic Empire.
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8th century: Al-Andalus: independent Emirate. Capital: Córdoba.
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10th-11th century: Caliphate of Córdoba.
Córdoba centre for trade and culture. It became the most populated city in Europe. Schools and libraries were built.
Society: different origins and religions lived together in Al-Andalus.
Al-Andalus most important cities: Córdoba, Granada, Seville and Málaga. You know the organization of cities and the main parts in them: walls, souk, alcazaba, mosque, medina... -
Taifa Kingdoms
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From the 8th Century, small areas of Christian resistance to the Moors became counties and kingdoms in the north of the Peninsula.
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In the 11th century, the Christian monarchs started to conquer Al-Andalus.
In 1212, Al-Andalus was reduced to the Kingdom of Granada.
The Iberian Peninsula was nowdivided into the Kingdom of Castile, the Kingdom of Navarre, the Crown of Aragon and the Kingdom of Portugal.
