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AL-ANDALUS QUESTIONS

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  • YEAR 1085
    The Christians took Toledo.
  • Al-Hakam II
    The architect of the Cordoba's mosque expansion
  • YEAR 732
    Battle of Poitiers. The Muslims were stopped by the Franks, commanded by Charles Martel.
  • King Roderick (Rodrigo)
    Visigoth king who fought in the Battle of Guadalete against the Muslims.
  • YEAR 711
    The Battle of Guadalete. ( Muslims vs Visigoths. Muslims won.)
  • Almoravids
    They were Berbers from Morocco.
  • WHICH ARE THE 2 MAIN CAUSES OF THE CONQUEST OF THE VISIGOTHIC KINGDOM?
    1- The political expansion of Islam through the holy war (jihad) 2-The pre-existing crisis in the peninsular territories.
  • YEAR 1212
    The Almohads were defeated at the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa.
  • YEAR 507
    The Visigoths established their kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula
  • Why didn't the Muslims conquer the North of the peninsula?
    Because of the orography that complicated its conquest and it caused the Muslims to soon lose interest in occupying these areas.
  • NAME THE MAIN SOURCES OF MUSLIM ECONOMY AND WRITE AN EXAMPLE.
    - Commercial and craft production: leather - Trade:gold - Agriculture: olives
  • Almohads
    Another group of Berbers from North Africa
  • Almanzor
    The Cordoban leader who led continuous attacks against the Christian kingdoms
  • NAME THE 5 PERIODS OF AL-ANDALUS
    Dependent Emirate (711-755) - Independent Emirate (756-929) - Córdoba Caliphate (929-1030) -Taifa kingdoms (1031-1212) - kingdom of Granada (1238-1492)
  • YEAR 1031
    The Caliphate of Cordoba was divided into 28 kingdoms called Taifas.
  • WHAT WAS THE RECONQUEST?
    A long series of battles (Christians and Muslims) to recover the territories under the Muslim control
  • Abd-al-Rahman III
    The emir Abd-al-Rahman III proclaimed himself caliph in 929
  • Independent Emirate (756-929)
    In 756, Abd al-Rahman I, an Umayyad prince came to Al-Andalus escaping from the Abbasids of Baghdad. He proclaimed himself independent emir
  • Al- Andalus
    It was the name given to the territories under Muslim rule.
  • THE MUSLIM SOCIETY WAS DIVIDED IN TO 2 GROUPS
    - Muslims: Arabs, Berbers, Muladies - Non-Muslims: Mozarabs and Jews - Slavs
  • NAME THE CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS.
    · Kingdom of Asturias · Kingdom of Leon · Kingdom of Castile · Kingdom of Navarre · Kingdom of Aragon · Catalan counties
  • YEAR 722
    Battle of Covadonga in 722. This was the first victory of the Christians against the Muslims.
  • YEAR 1492
    The kingdom of Granada was conquered by the Catholic Monarchs.
  • Caliph
    A Muslim ruler with a political and religious power.
  • Boaddil
    He was the last Muslim king in Al-Andalus.
  • YEAR 756
    Abd al-Rahman I proclaimed himself independent emir
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