Umayyad Conquest of Ibeira

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  • Jan 1, 661

    Capital to 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

  • Jan 1, 750

    overthrown by Abbasid faction

  • Period: Jan 1, 750 to Jan 1, 1258

    Abbasid-Seljud Empire

  • Period: Jan 1, 750 to Jan 1, 1492

    Muslim Spain

  • Jan 2, 750

    Abbasid faction from eastern Iran overthrows Umayyad dynasty

  • Jan 1, 751

    Arab defeat of Chinese army introduces paper to the west

  • Jan 1, 755

    Cordoba estalished as Abd al Rahman's Capital

  • Jan 1, 762

    Baghdad becomes the Abbasid capital

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Book of Kings written

    This is an approximation
  • Jan 1, 1025

    Ibn Sina's Canon of Medicine is written

  • Jan 1, 1031

    end of the Umayyad dynasty

  • Jan 1, 1055

    Seljud Turk gain control of Baghdad

  • 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

  • Jan 1, 1187

    saladin recaptures Jerusalem

  • Jan 1, 1200

    A Thousand and One Nights fisrt complied

  • Jan 1, 1204

    death of Maimonides

  • Jan 1, 1258

    Mongols invade and destroy Baghdad ending the Abbasid-Seljud dyanasty

  • Jan 1, 1400

    completion of the Alhambra Palace in Granada

  • Jan 1, 1492

    end of Muslim rule in Spain

  • assassination of Hussein at Karbala

  • completion of the Dome of the Rock

  • coins standardized by weight and appearance, used across empire

  • death of Al Kwarizmi

  • constuction began on the Great Mosque of Cordoba

    this is an approximation

  • Abd al-Rahman III takes the title of caliph

  • Period: to

    reign of Al-Ma'mun

    founded house of Wisdom
  • Period: to

    reign of Abd al-Rahman II