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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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Period: Jan 1, 750 to Jan 1, 1258
Abbasid-Seljud Empire
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Period: Jan 1, 750 to Jan 1, 1492
Muslim Spain
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Jan 2, 750
Abbasid faction from eastern Iran overthrows Umayyad dynasty
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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 estalished 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 written
This is an approximation -
Jan 1, 1025
Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine is written
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Jan 1, 1031
end of the Umayyad dynasty
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Jan 1, 1055
Seljud Turk gain control of Baghdad
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Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1204
The Crusades
where "brave" Christians massacre a lot of Jews and Muslims -
Period: Jan 1, 1126 to Jan 1, 1198
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 fisrt complied
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Jan 1, 1204
death of Maimonides
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Jan 1, 1258
Mongols invade and destroy Baghdad ending the Abbasid-Seljud dyanasty
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Jan 1, 1400
completion of the Alhambra Palace in Granada
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Jan 1, 1492
end of Muslim rule in Spain
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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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death of Al Kwarizmi
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constuction began on the Great Mosque of Cordoba
this is an approximation -
Abd al-Rahman III takes the title of caliph
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Period: to
reign of Al-Ma'mun
founded house of Wisdom -
Period: to
reign of Abd al-Rahman II