The Islamic Empire

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  • Jan 1, 661

    Capital to Damascus

    The capital of the Umayyad Caliphate is Damascus.
  • Period: Jan 1, 661 to Jan 1, 750

    Umayyad Dynasty

  • Jan 1, 732

    Defeat at the Battle of Tours in France by Charles Martel

    The Umayyads were defeated by the Franks and Charles Martel at the Battle of Tours, in France.
  • Jan 1, 750

    Umayyad Caliphate overthrown by Abbasid faction

    The Umayyad Caliphate was overthrown by the Abbasid Faction.
  • Jan 1, 750

    Abbasid faction from eastern Iran overthrows Umayyad caliphate

  • Period: Jan 1, 750 to Jan 1, 1258

    Abbasid-Seljuq Empire

  • Period: Jan 1, 750 to Jan 1, 1492

    Muslim Spain

  • Jan 1, 751

    Arab defeat of Chinese army brings paper to the west

    After the Arabs defeated the Chinese Army, paper got brought to the west.
  • Jan 1, 755

    Cordoba established as Abd al Rahman's capital

  • Jan 1, 762

    Baghdad becomes the Abbasid capital

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Circa 1000-Shahnameh ("Book of Kings") published

  • Jan 1, 1025

    Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine written

  • Jan 1, 1031

    End of the Umayyad Dynasty

  • Jan 1, 1055

    Seljuq Turks gain control of Baghdad

  • Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1204

    Crusades (four major Crusades)

  • Period: Jan 1, 1100 to Jan 1, 1199

    12th Century-A Thousand and One Nights first compiled

  • Period: Jan 1, 1126 to Jan 1, 1198

    Life of Ibn Rushd, Averroes

  • Jan 1, 1187

    Saladin recaptures Jerusalem

  • Jan 1, 1204

    Death of Maimonides

  • Jan 1, 1258

    Mongols invade and destroy Baghdad, ending the Abbadis-Seljuq dynasty

  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1399

    14th Century—Completion of the Alhambra Palace in Granada

  • Jan 1, 1492

    End of Muslim rule in Spain

  • Assasination of Hussein at Karbala

    In Karbala, Hussein was assasinated.

  • Completion of the Dome of the Rock

    The Dome of the Rock was completed.

  • Coins standardized by weight and appearance, used across Empire

    Coins across the empire were sorted and standardized by weight and appearance.

  • Death of Al Kwarizimi

  • Circa 785-Construction began on the Great Mosque of Cordoba

  • Abd al-Rahman III takes title of caliph

  • Period: to

    Reign of Al-Ma'mun, founder of the House of Wisdom

  • Period: to

    Reign of Abd-al Rahman