Y2 Spanish History Timeline (disorder them and get the student to do the timeline to be stuck on the
board)
Phoenician traders
establish colony at
1100 BC
Cádiz in southern
Iberia.
228 BC
218-220
BC
74
Carthaginians
occupy southern
and eastern Iberia.
Romans defeat
Carthage in Second
Punic War and
occupy Iberian
peninsula.
Inhabitants of
Iberia are granted
full Roman
citizenship.
409
Visigoths occupy
Iberian peninsula.
711
Arab and Berber
forces from
northern Africa
cross Strait of
Gibraltar to occupy
Iberian Peninsula.
Tariq and Musa
spread the muslim
power over the
Iberian Peninsula.
756
Independent
Emirate is
established in
Iberia.
Córdoba is its
capital.
913
1013
1212
1492
The Kingdom of
Asturias
establishes capital
in León.
Powerful Caliphate Muslim Al
of Córdoba breaks Andalus split into
up due to internal taifa kingdoms.
strife.
Decisive Christian
victory at battle of
Navas de Tolosa.
The beginning of
the end of Muslim
rule in the Iberian
Peninsula.
King Fernando and
Queen Isabel's
army capture
Granada after a
long siege.
Christopher
Columbus sets
sail on his voyage
of discovery.
1100 BC
Phoenician traders establish colony at
Cádiz in southern Iberia.
228 BC
Carthaginians occupy southern and
eastern Iberia.
218-220 BC
Romans defeat Carthage in Second Punic
War and occupy Iberian peninsula.
74
Inhabitants of Iberia are granted full Roman
citizenship.
409
Visigoths occupy Iberian peninsula.
711
Arab and Berber forces from northern
Africa cross Strait of Gibraltar to occupy
Iberian Peninsula.
Tariq and Musa spread the muslim
power over the Iberian Peninsula.
756
Independent Emirate is established in
Iberia.
Córdoba is its capital.
913
1013
1212
1492
The Kingdom of Asturias establishes
capital in León.
Powerful Caliphate of Córdoba breaks up
due to internal strife.
Decisive Christian victory at battle of
Navas de Tolosa.
King Fernando and Queen Isabel's army
capture Granada after a long siege.
Muslim Al Andalus split into taifa
kingdoms.
The beginning of the end of Muslim rule
in the Iberian Peninsula.
Christopher Columbus sets sail on his
voyage of discovery.