The Moors in Spain

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  • Period: Jan 1, 700 to

    Early

  • Jan 1, 755

    Abd-al-Rahman captures Cordoba

    Emir of Spain
  • Jan 1, 762

    Baghdad made new capital of Islamic world

  • Jan 1, 1236

    Cordoba fell to Christians

  • Jan 1, 1248

    Alhambra begun

    completed about 100 years later
  • Period: Jan 1, 1401 to Dec 31, 1500

    15th Century Reconquista

  • Jan 1, 1469

    Iabella of Castille married Ferdinand of Aragon

    Spain unified
  • Jan 1, 1492

    Fall of Granada to Catholic Spain

    Last Islamic foothold lost

  • Umayyad Dynasty ended (Damascus)

    Damascus was the centre of the Islamic world

  • Abbasid Dynasty created (Damascus)

    Damascus was the centre of the Islamic world
  • Period: to

    9th Century

  • Period: to

    10th Century Golden Age in Al Andalus

    Abd-ar-Rahman III