Events
Church of the NativityChurch of St. George 6th C.Byzantine Solidus, gold,
Carthage, 610-13Islamic imitation coin, gold,
North Africa, 704The "Standing Caliph" Dinar (coin),
Gold, Qinniasrin, Syria, 695-6Umayyad 'reform' coinDome of the Rock, 691-2Mushatta Palace 743-4Shroud of St. Josse, before 960/1Earthenware bowl,
tin glaze, 9th CEarthenware bowl,
Slip painting, 10th CEarthenware bowl,
luster painting, 9th-10thCEarthenware dish,
molded deco & coloured glaze, 9thCTin-glaze bowls,
Iraq, 9thCBaghdad founded as new capital
c.762 (Abbasids)Tomb of two Imams built
c. 944, SamarraBuyids capture Baghdad (c.945)Seljuqs capture Baghdad (c.1055)The sack of Baghdad
by the Ilkhanid branch of the Mongols, 1258Muhammad and his followers move to Medina
c.622Gates of Fatimid Cairo (1087)Fatimids established Cairo (969)The Bobrinski Bucket (1163), HeratScalloped Dish, Iran, 1210Beaker, Saljuq late 12th c. IranPeriods
Byzantine Empire (c.330-1453)Hagia Sophia (532-537)Sassanian Empire (c.224-651)Taq-i Kisra (531-579)Muhammad (c. 570-632)Expansion of Islam (632-750)The synagogue of Dura Europus
Syria 244-45Great Mosque of Damascus 705-15Khirbet al-Mafjar,
Hisham's Palace, JerichoThe Umayyads (661-750)Abbasid rule (750-1258)Great Mosque of Samarra, 847-61Mosque of Ibn Tulun, 870-79Samarra founded, serves as capital
c.836-92 (Abbasids)Abbasid caliph al-Mu‘tasim
(r. 833–42)Caliph al-Nasir (r. 1180–1225)Caliph al-Mustansir (r. 1226–42)The Fatimids (909-1171)Al-Azher Mosque (970-2)The Saljuqs (1037-1194)Arts of the Saljuq period (1000-1220)
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