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Al-Andalus
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- 1In what year did the Arabs invaded the Iberian Peninsula? What was the name of the general who named Gibraltar?711 a.D. The general was called Tariq (Jab al-Tariq, the mountain of Tariq = Gibraltar)
- 2What was the name of the Visigoth king who led the Christian army in 711 and in which battle was he defeated?Don Rodrigo. He was defeated in the Battle of Guadalete
- 3In which battle and what year the Muslims were defeated by the Franks?Battle of Poitiers, 732
- 4During the first two centuries of the Muslim conquest, this was organized in the form of... Caliphate or Emirate?Emirate
- 5What was the name of the first caliph in Al-Andalus?Abd al-Rahman III. He founded the caliphate in the year 929
- 6Where did he establish the capital of the Caliphate?
- 7What was the Marca Hispanica (Spanish march)?It was a territory occupied by Charlemagne by the south of the Pyrenees and whose counts became his vassals. It was a defense against a possible Muslim attack on the Frankish kingdom.
- 8What led to the division of Al-Andalus into the Taifa Kingdoms in 1031?A civil war (Fitna of Al-Andalus) caused by the struggle among different leaders who wanted to become the Caliph
- 9What tribe put an end to the First Taifa Kingdoms and where did they come from?The Almoravids in 1086, who created an empire in the north west of Africa (what today is Morocco and Western Sahara)
- 10What products form the Mediterranean trilogy?
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- 3º de ESO Historia de España Flashcards on Al-Andalus, created by Juan Fernandez Castillo on 24/01/2019.
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