The caliphate disintegrated into 28 independent kingdoms, or taifas.
Almanzor plundered Barcelona and Santiago
The battle of Guadalete.
In 756 Abderraman I proclaimed himself an independent emir.
Abderraman III proclaimed himself caliph.
The governors of the provinces declared their independence.
Al-Andalus became an emirate.
This was the period of greatest splendour of al-Andalus.
During this period al-Andalus had to fight the Christians and the Franks.
The battle of Covadonga.
The Muladi rebellion.
In 711 Tarik crossed the Strait of Gibraltar.