Timeline

  • Period: 711 to 756

    Dependent Emirate

    Creation of the dependent emirate of de Umayyad Caliphate.
  • 722

    Battle of Covadonga

    Battle of Covadonga
    Battle between the King Pelayo and the muslims because of the territory of Al-Andalus.
    Finally muslims were defeated by Pelayo and his army.
  • Period: 756 to 929

    Independent Emirate

    Abd al-Rahman l establishes an idependent emirate of the Muslim Empire.
  • 778

    Battle of Roncesvalles

    Battle of Roncesvalles
    The Franks tried to take Zaragoza but it was a failure as they were attacked by the Vascons in the forests of Roncesvalles.
  • Period: 929 to 1031

    Caliphate of Córdoba

    Abd al-Rahman lll proclaims the Caliphate of Córdoba and declares himself Caliph.
  • Period: 1035 to 1086

    Taifa Kingdom

    Caliphate of Córdoba was divided in small kingdoms.
  • Period: 1086 to 1146

    Almoravids invasion

    Almoravids invaded the Iberian Peninsula.
  • Period: 1146 to 1212

    Almohads invasion

    Almohads conquered Almoravid's territory in which enters part the Iberian Peninsula.
    Their capital was in Sevilla.
  • Period: 1172 to 1212

    Battle of Navas de Tolosa

    In this battle the Almoads were defeated by the army of kings Alfonso VIII of Castilla and Pedro II of Aragón and Sancho II of Navarra.
  • Period: 1238 to 1492

    Nasrid kingdom of Granada

    Last muslim dinasty that dominates the kingdom of Granada.