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العربية
Topic timeline · 750 CE – 1258

Islamic Golden Age

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Under the Abbasid caliphs, Baghdad becomes a world center of science, medicine, mathematics and translation.

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  1. 746 CE – 750 CEAbbasid revolutionKhorasanThe Abbasid revolution (Arabic: اَلثَّوْرَة اَلْعَبَّاسِيَّةِ, romanized: aṯ-Ṯawra al-ʿAbbāsiyyah), was the overthrow of the Umayyad Caliphate (661–750), the second major caliphate, by the Hashimiyya movement, resulting in the establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate (750–1517), the third major caliphate.
  2. 751 CEBattle of TalasTalas RiverThe Battle of Talas (Chinese: 怛羅斯戰役; pinyin: Dáluósī Zhànyì; Arabic: معركة نهر طلاس, romanized: Maʿrakat nahr Ṭalās) was an armed confrontation between the Abbasid Caliphate along with the Tibetan Empire against the Tang dynasty and its allies in 751. In July of that year, the Tang and Abbasid armies clashed at the Talas River over control of the regions surrounding the Syr Darya.
  3. 762 CEBaghdad foundedIraqThe Abbasid caliph al-Mansur builds a round city on the Tigris. Baghdad becomes a world center of science, translation and trade.
  4. c. 800 CE – 1258House of WisdomAbbasid CaliphateThe House of Wisdom (Arabic: بَيْت الْحِكْمَة Bayt al-Ḥikmah), also known as the Grand Library of Baghdad, was a major Abbasid-era public academy and intellectual center in Baghdad.
  5. 1014The Book of Healing—The Book of Healing (Arabic: کتاب الشفاء, romanized: Kitāb al-Shifāʾ; Latin: Sufficientia; also known as The Cure or Assepha)is a scientific and philosophical encyclopedia written by Abu Ali ibn Sīna (also known as Avicenna). He most likely began to compose the book in 1014, completed it around 1020, and published it in 1027.
  6. 1025The Canon of Medicine—The Canon of Medicine (Arabic: القانون في الطب, romanized: al-Qānūn fī l-ṭibb) is an encyclopedia of medicine in five books compiled by Ibn Sina (ابن سینا, Avicenna) and completed in 1025. It is among the most influential works of its time.
  7. 1258Mongols sack BaghdadIraqHulagu Khan’s army captures Baghdad and kills the caliph al-Musta’sim, ending the Abbasid golden age in the city.