The Caliphate of Córdoba was a state in Muslim Iberia, proclaimed by Abd al-Rahman III of the Umayyad dynasty, who took the title of caliph, challenging the Abbasid caliphs of Baghdad and the Fatimids of North Africa. Its capital, Córdoba, became one of the largest and most cultured cities in Europe, with the Great Mosque, the palace city of Madinat al-Zahra, libraries and flourishing science, and with Muslims, Christians and Jews living side by side. In the late 10th century the chief minister al-Mansur led military raids against the Christian kingdoms, including the sack of Santiago de Compostela. A civil war that began in 1009 ended in the abolition of the caliphate and the breakup of al-Andalus into small taifa kingdoms.
Before and after
- from 913 CE to 927 CEByzantine–Bulgarian War of 913–927
- from 916 CE to 1125Liao dynasty
- from 918 CE to 1392Goryeo
- from 927 CE to 1707Kingdom of England
- from 929 CE to 1031Caliphate of Córdoba
- c. 930 CEEruption of Ceboruco
- 937 CEBattle of Brunanburh
- 3 January 940 CEBirth of Ferdowsi
- c. 944 CEOrigins of Algiers
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The era
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