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It is the name for the event when Muhammad escaped from Mecca because people did not accept his teachings. It marks the beginning of the Muslim calendar -
Were members of Muhammad's family that ruled from Medina . They chose a caliph who was the political and religious ruler for Muslims
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Islam spread the most during this period. Damascus was named new capital, and Islamic territoriy was divided into provinces called Emirates. There was a rebellion that nearly killed the entire family, only Prince Abd al-Rahman escaped, and fled to the Iberian Peninsula.
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The Arrival of the Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula -
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There were many disputes over power during these period, and the empire began to desintegrate. They lost controll over many territories.
Cities grew over these period. They sacked Baghdad (the capital) and killed the last caliph -
Umayyad prince called Abd al-Rahman escaped to the Iberian peninsula and founded the independent Emirate of Córdoba.
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A period of excepcional achievement in Al-Andalus followed by the foundation of the Caliphate of Córdoba. This was created by Abd al-Rahman III, its caliph.
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There was a significant ethnic and political division in Andalusi society after the collapse of the Caliphate of Córdoba. Al-Andalus split into small independent Muslims states called Taifas
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The Almoravid and the Almohads.
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The Christians created a large army, in which several kingdoms participated. They achieved a great victory over the Almohads. -
The Catholic Monarch conquered the kingdom.
Cristobal Colón discovers Ámerica and this marks the end of Middle Ages.