Al-andalus

1. AL-ANDALUS

2. WHAT WAS AL-ANDALUS?

3. HOW LONG DID AL-ANDALUS LAST?

4. MUSLIM CONQUEST OF THE IBERIAN
PENINSULA

5. HOW DID THE MUSLIMS CONQUER THE
IBERIAN PENINSULA IN 711?
Some Hispanic Visigoths fled to the north of the Peninsula and began the fight to
recover the territory occupied by th Muslims.

6. Periods in History of Al-
Andalus
Dependent emirare on
Damascus
Independent emirate on
Baghdad
Córdoba Caliphate
Taifa kingdoms
North African dynasties
The last taifa and Nasrid
kingdom of Granada

7. DEPENDENT EMIRATE ON DAMASCUS
• After occupying the Iberian Peninsula, the
Muslims continued to advance. They
crossed over the Pyrenees and fought
against the Frankish army, who defeated
them in Poitiers (732).

8. INDEPENDENT EMIRATE ON BAGHDAD

9. CÓRDOBA CALIPHATE

10. CÓRDOBA CALIPHATE

11. TAIFA KINGDOMS

12. TAIFA KINGDOMS

13. THE NORTH AFRICAN DYNASTIES:
ALMORAVIDS AND ALMOHADS

14. THE NORTH AFRICAN DYNASTIES:
ALMORAVIDS AND ALMOHADS

15. THE NORTH AFRICAN DYNASTIES:
ALMORAVIDS AND ALMOHADS

16. THE NASRID KINGDOM OF GRANADA

17. THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA

18. HOMEWORK
• Exercise 24 on page 97