Islamic Architecture

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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

  • Jami' al-Umawi al-Kabir (Damascus)
    710

    Jami' al-Umawi al-Kabir (Damascus)

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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

  • Dec 25, 800

    Charlemagne crowned Emperor Of The West

    by Pope Leo III
  • 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

  • 1096

    Beginning of the Crusades

  • 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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