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Period: 661 to 750
Umayyad (40-132 AH)
Greater Iran, the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, the Maghrib, Andalusia, and the Levant More about Umayyad architecture -
700
Invention of Gunpowder in China
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Period: 750 to 1258
Abbasid (132-656 AH)
Greater Iran, the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, the Maghrib, Andalusia, the Levant and parts of Central Asia Learn more about Abbasid Architecture -
794
Japanese capital moved near present-day Kyoto
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Dec 25, 800
Charlemagne crowned Emperor Of The West
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Period: 909 to 1171
Fatimid (296-566 AH)
Egypt, the Maghrib, northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninusla
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Period: 932 to 1062
Buyid (320-454 AH)
Western Iran and Iraq
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Period: 1053 to 1150
Almoravid (444-544 AH)
The Maghrib and Andalusia -
1076
Fall of Ghanian Empire to Almoravids
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1096
Beginning of the Crusades
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Period: 1130 to 1269
Almohad (524-667 AH)
The Maghrib and Andalusia
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Period: 1169 to 1260
Ayyubid (564-658 AH)
Greater Syria, Iraq, Egypt, and Yemen
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