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Jan 1, 661
capital to Damascus
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Period: Jan 1, 661 to Jan 1, 750
Umayyad Dynasty
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Jan 1, 732
defeat at the Battle of Tours in France by Charles Martel
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Jan 1, 750
overthrown by Abbasid faction
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Jan 1, 750
Abbasid faction from eastern Iran overthrows Umayyad dynasty
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Period: Jan 1, 750 to Jan 1, 1258
Abbasid-Seljuq Empire
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Period: Jan 1, 750 to Jan 1, 1492
muslim spain
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Jan 1, 751
Arab defeat of Chinese army introduces paper to the west
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Jan 1, 755
Cordoba established as Abd al Rahman’s capital
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Jan 1, 762
Baghdad becomes the Abbasid capital
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Jan 1, 1000
book of kings was published
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Jan 1, 1025
ibn shina canon of medicine writen
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Nov 20, 1031
end of the Umayyad dynasty
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Jan 1, 1055
Seljuq Turks gain control of Baghdad
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Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1204
Crusades (represents the four major Crusades, not the less important earlier and later religious wars)
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Period: Jan 1, 1126 to Jan 1, 1196
life of Ibn Rushd, Averroes
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Jan 1, 1187
Saladin recaptures Jerusalem
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Jan 1, 1200
A Thousand and One Nights first compiled
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Jan 1, 1204
death of Maimonides
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Nov 20, 1258
1258—Mongols invade and destroy Baghdad, ending the Abbasid-Seljuq dyn
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Jan 1, 1400
completion of the Alhambra Palace in Granad
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assassination of Hussein at Karbala
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completion of the Dome of the Rock
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coins standardized by weight and appearance, used across empire
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ali dies
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construction began on the Great Mosque of Cordoba
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Abd al-Rahman III takes the title of caliph
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Period: to
reign of Al-Ma’mun, founder of the House of Wisdom
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Period: to
reign of Abd al-Rahman II