TimeLine of Abbassids

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752 CE (134 AH): Beginning of Abbasid Khilafah.

755 CE (137 AH): Revolt of Abdullah bin Ali. Murder of Abu Muslim.

756 CE (138 AH): Abd al-Rahman founds the Ummayyad state in Spain.

763 CE (145 AH): Foundation of Baghdad. Defeat of the Abbasids in Spain.

767 CE (149 AH): Khariji state set up by Ibn Madrar at Sijilmasa.

786 CE (169 AH): Haroon Al-Rashid becomes Khalifah.

792 CE (175 AH): Invasion of South France.

800 CE (183 AH): Scientific method is developed. Algebra is invented by Al-Khawarizmi.

805 CE (189 AH): Campaigns against the Byzantines. Capture of the islands of Rhodes and Cyprus.

809 CE (193 AH): Death of Haroon Al-Rashid. Accession of Amin.

814 CE (198 AH): Civil war between Amin and Mamun. Amin killed and Mamun becomes the Khalifah. Bayt-ul-Hikmat is founded in his time.

900 CE (286 AH): Pendulum developed by Yunus Al-Masri.

976 CE (365 AH): Muhammad bin Ahmad introduces the number Zero.

1000 CE (390 AH): Ibn al-Haytham discovers that white light consists of various rays of colored light. The building of the Great Mosque of Cordoba is completed.

1005 CE (395 AH): Mahmood Ghaznavi captures Multan and Ghur.

1055 CE (446 AH): Baghdad is conquered by the Seljuk Turks. Abbasid-Seljuk rule starts, which lasts until 1258 when Mongols destroy Baghdad.

1085 CE (477 AH): Christians get Toledo (in Spain).

1091 CE (483 AH): Normans capture Sicily, ending Muslim rule there.

1095 CE (487 AH): The first crusade takes place.

1099 CE (492 AH): Crusaders capture Jerusalem. They mercilessly slaughter everyone inside its walls.

1100 CE (493 AH): Muslims introduce negative numbers.

1144 CE (538 AH): Imam-ud Din captures Edessa from Christians. Second crusade takes place.

1187 CE (582 AH): Salahuddin liberates Jerusalem from Christians in the most peaceful way possible. Third crusade takes place in which Christians only get Acre after months of bloodshed.

1194 CE (589 AH): Muslims occupy Delhi, India.

1236 CE (633 AH): Christians conquer Cordoba (in Spain).

1258 CE (655 AH): Mongols sack Baghdad. Thousands of people killed and great libraries burned. Fall of Baghdad. End of Abbasid rule.

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