Abbasid caliphate (jan 1, 762 – jan 1, 1258)
Description:
A very large empire, practiced Sunni Islam. However, pop. realized that a centralized govt. could not serve the interests of everybody. Taken over by Mamluks in ~850, ultimately falling under control of mountain warriors from Daylam in 945. Retained caliph only to keep control of sunni popultaionAdded to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 762
jan 1, 1258
~ 496 years