Review By Yasmine Period: 500 to 1500 Medieval Period 610 Start of Islam Period: 632 to 611 Rashidun Period Period: 661 to 750 Umayyad Period Period: 711 to 814 Rule of Charlemagne Period: 750 to 1258 Abbasid Period Period: 969 to 1171 Fatimid Period in Egypt 1040 Invention of Movable Type Printing 1044 Invention of Gunpowder 1095 1st Crusade 1099 Capture of Jerusalem 1170 Death of Thomas Becket Period: 1174 to 1250 Ayyubid Period in Egypt 1187 Saladin's Recapture of Jerusalem 1187 Battle of Hattin 1191 Capture of Acre Period: 1206 to 1368 Mongol Empire 1227 Death of Genghis Khan Period: 1250 to 1518 Mamluk Period in Egypt 1260 Battle of Ain Jalut