Spain in the Middle Ages (test: Tuesday, 27th February)

What do I have to know?

• Beginning and end of the Middle Ages 5th-15th centuries (Roman empire fall-discovery of America).
• Visigoths: 507 A.D. visigoths conquered the Peninsula creating the kingdom of Toledo. They were a Germanic tribe. Religion, language and economy (farmers). 
• Muslims: 711 A.D. muslims defeated visigoths in the Battle of Guadalete. They came from the North of Africa. They were and emirate (dependent) and the became a caliphate (independent) with Abderramán III. Religión (Islam), cities (mosques, souk, alcazaba). Economy (merchants/irrigated farming). Monuments (Mezquita de Córdoba, Alhambra de Granada).
• Christians: Three society groups- clergy, nobles and peasants. New jobs (blacksmiths, artisans and millers). 722 A.D. Battle of Covadonga (Don Pelayo)- Kingdom of Asturias. Reconquista (8th-15th centuries): important conquests- Toledo, Jaén, Islas Baleares, Córdoba, Valencia, Sevilla, Granada (1492).