The Nasrid dynasty was the last Muslim dynasty to rule in the Iberian Peninsula. Its founder, Muhammad I ibn Nasr, established the Emirate of Granada after the decline of the Almohads, as the Christian kingdoms of Castile and Aragon conquered most of al-Andalus, taking Córdoba in 1236 and Seville in 1248. The Nasrids survived for more than two and a half centuries through diplomacy, the payment of tribute to Castile and the strength of Granada's mountains. Granada became a center of art and learning, and the dynasty built the Alhambra and the Generalife. The emirate fell to the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, when the last ruler, Muhammad XII, known as Boabdil, surrendered the city, ending Muslim rule in Spain.
Before and after
- 1228Construction of Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi
- from 1228 to 1243War of the Lombards
- from 1228 to 1229Sixth Crusade
- 1229Construction of Divriği Great Mosque and Hospital
- from 1230 to 1492Nasrid dynasty
- 1235Battle of Kirina
- from 1235 to 1670Mali Empire
- from 1236 to 1833Kingdom of Córdoba
- from 1236 to 1795Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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The era
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