al-Andalus map
Córdoba
Year (año) 711 AD: Battle of Guadalete ("Batalla de Guadalete")
1: The Visigoths were invaded and defeated by the Muslims who came from the North of Africa (the berbers).
2: The dinasty Umayyad conquered most of the Iberian Peninsula and Islas Baleares.
3: The new territory was called al-ANDALUS.
4: The capital was Córdoba.
5: In the north: there were still Christian Visigoths.
