menocal-ch1.txt, cr tue 30 jan 2007 by rha on iMac02
being a chronology extracted from chs 1 and2 of
maria rosa menocal, the ornament of the world, 2002

ch 1, beginnings, pp. 5-13
711, berber and arab muslims arr al-andalus
750, damascus slaughter of umayyads by abbasids
	abd al-rahman, sole survivor, flees
	abbasids move capital fr damascus to baghdad
755, abd al-rahman arr al-andalus at cordoba
756, abd al-rahman becomes emir (governor)

ch 2, a brief history, pp. 17-49
200 bc. rome governs spain, jews settle there4
410 ad, visigoths sack rome, overun spain
622, hijra fr mecca to medina
632, muhammad dies, first caliphate
661, assassination of ali, 4th caliph, first umayyad caliph
	moved caliphate fr medina to damascus
711-756, see above, muslims ruled all spain
c 780, beginning of conviviencia
900, cordoba is fabulous, water, 70 libraries
	600,000 volumes in caliph's library alone
	trans fr greek, paper
909, fatimids in tunis rival the andalusians
929, abd al-rahman III proclaims cordoba the caliphate
955, cordoba the ornament of the world
1009, beginning of civil wars, destruction of cordoba
1031, dissolution of cordoban caliphate, jews move away
	christian reconquest begins
1072, normans take sicily
1085, christians under alphonso VI take toledo
	becomes capital of castile and translations
1086, almoravids (north african berber muslims) defeat alphonso VI
1090, almoravids rule all al-andalus 
1109, anti-almoravid riots in cordoba
	jews and christians flee
xxxx, almohads overthrow almoravids
1198, pope innocent III, crusades
1212, christian victory at las navas de tolosa
1236, christians take cordoba
1238, christians take valencia
1248, ferdinand III takes seville, assisted by ibn ahmar
	grenada given to ibn ahmar
1492, ferdinand V takes grenada
	boabdil gives keys to isabella and ferdinand
	jews and moors expelled

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