The Kingdom of Asturias was a small Christian state in the mountains of northern Spain, founded after the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula by Pelayo, a Visigothic nobleman who defeated a Muslim force at Covadonga. It is traditionally considered the starting point of the Reconquista, the centuries-long process in which the Christian kingdoms expanded south. Under kings such as Alfonso II, who moved the capital to Oviedo, and Alfonso III, the kingdom grew, and the discovery of what was believed to be the tomb of the apostle James at Santiago de Compostela made the region a major pilgrimage centre. In the early tenth century the royal court moved to Leon, and the kingdom became the Kingdom of Leon.
Before and after
- 19 July 711 CEBattle of Guadalete
- 712 CEBirth of Du Fu
- 712 CEConstruction of Qasr Amra
- from 15 July 717 CE to 15 August 718 CESiege of Constantinople
- from 718 CE to 910 CEKingdom of Asturias
- from 719 CE to 1798Construction of Abbey of Saint Gall
- 721 CEBirth of Jabir ibn Hayyan
- from 722 CE to 1492Reconquista
- c. 723 CEOrigins of Kathmandu
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The era
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