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The Moors invaded the Iberian Peninsula.

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They defeated the Visigoths in the Battle of Guadalete.

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Their new land, Al-Andalus, formed part of the Caliphate of Damascus.

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The Moors moved north and captured Zoragoza, but they could not conquer the mountainous

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regions in the north of the peninsula.

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Some Christians went north after the invasion and founded kingdoms there.

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Don Pelayo, King of Asturias, fought against the Moors in the Battle of Covadonga and stopped

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the Moors from advancing further north.

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This was the start of the repopulation.

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Abdirahman I established an independent emirate, the Emirate of Cordoba, and he was its emir,

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political reader.

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The Kingdom of Navarra was founded.

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The Catalan counties and the Kingdom of Aragon formed later.

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The Christian kingdoms in the north pushed south and expanded their territories.

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Abdirahman III established the Caliphate of Cordoba religious and political state and

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Al-Andalus separated from Damascus.

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He gave himself the title Caliph, religious leader.