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In 711 a Muslim army led by the general Tarik crossed the Strait of Gibraltar to plunder th area.
Don Rodrigo was defeated in this battle by the Muslims. -
The Muslims called the conquered region Al-Andalus. between 711-756 it was a Dependent Emirate: a province that dependent politically & religiously on the Umayyad Caliphate of Damascus. The capital of Al-Andalus was Córdoba.
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The Muslim invasion was halted in the montainous region of Asturias, when a group of Chistians led by Don Pelayo defeated the Muslims in the Battle of Covadonga in 722.
This battle is taken as the beginning of La Reconquista. -
Abderraman I escaped to the Iberian Peninsula because of the assesination of his family by the Abbasids. -
756: The Umayyad prince Abderraman I arrived in the Iberian Peninsula after escaping form the assassination of his family by the Abbasid. Taking advantage of the local tensions between Arabs & Berbers he deposed the emir of Al-Andalus and established an Independent Emirate.
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Abderraman III proclaimed himself Caliph, leading to a political and religious independence from the Abbasid Caliphate of Baghdad. -
Abderraman III proclaimed himself Caliph, leading to a political and religious independence from the Abbasid Caliphate of Baghdad.
The reign of Abderraman III was the period of greatest splendour of Al-Andalus.
The prosperity continued under other caliphs like Hisham II. He was only 10 years old when he become caliph, so he delegated government to Almanzor, a military leader who archived great successes over the Christians. When Almanzor died the caliphate fell into crisis due to a civil war. -
The Caliphate of Córdoba was divided into 28 Taifas, they are small independent Muslim kingdoms. This made the very weak. -
The Caliphate of Cordoba had disintegrated into 28 Taifas are small independent Muslim kingdom.
In 1085 the king of Leon Alfonso VI conquered the Taifa of Toledo.
In 1085 Almoravids came to help the Taifas defeating the Christians and incorporated them into their empire.They implemented a strong religious radicalism. Taifas were conquered by Almohads in 1172.Almohads reunified Al-Andalus & incoporated it into their empire.
In 1238 Al-Andalus had been reduced into The Nasrid Kingdom of Granada. -
The king of Leon, Alfonso VI, conquered the Taifa of Toledo. This conques was named by the Muslims * The beginning of the end* of Al-Andalus. For help, they asked the Almoravids. ( A Muslime empire that was ruling in the North of Africa.) -
The Almoravids came to the Peninsula to help the Taifa kings, and defeated the Christians at the Battle of Sagrajas.
The Almoravids reunified Al-Andalus and incorporated it into their Empire. -
The Almoravids implemented a strong religious radicalism, persecuting Mozarabs & Jews. Their rigidness led them to an internal crisis that caused the disintegration of Al-Andalus again into taifas in 1145. -
The second Taifas remained independent until 1172, when they were conquered by the Almohads. (the dynasty that had replaced the Almoravids in North Africa.)
The Almohads reunified Al-Andalus again and incorpored into their empire. -
It was a battle between the Almohads led by Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur and King Alfonso VIII of Castile. It resulted in the defeat of the Castilian forces and their subsequent retreat to Toledo, whereas the Almohads reconquered Trujillo, Montánchez, and Talavera. -
The Almohads were defeated by the Christians in Battle of Las Navas De Tolosa in 1212, after this battle, the Almohads retreated the North of Africa and Al-Andalus was disintegrated again into third Taifas.
This battle allowed the Christians to reach the Valley of Guadalquivir. -
In 1238 Al-Andalus had been reduced to the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada.
It survived for more than 200 years because of:
-Their geographical location the mountains (Sierra Nevada) acted as a natural defensive barrier.
-The acces to the Mediterranean enabled them to recive support of Muslims from North Africa & develop a rich trade.
Payment of Parias to the Kings of Castilla. -
Ti survived for more than 200 years due to its geographical locaton (Sierra Nevada) that worked as a defensive barrier.
The acces to the Mediterranean enabled them to recive support of Muslims from North Africa & develop a rich trade.
Payment of parias to the kings of Castilla.
In 1492 after a 10 years war, the Catholic Monarchs captured Granada. La Reconquista had finished. -
After a 10-years war, the Catholic Monarchs, Fernando II from Aragón and Isabel I from Castilla, captured Granada.
La Reconquista had finish!!!