Abbasid Caliphate
750 CE – 1258 CE · 508 years
Third Islamic caliphate
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Abbasid Caliphate on Wikipedia.
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How these dates were made
Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.
These are real dates: Abbasid Caliphate's founding and dissolution are recorded in Wikidata, and accepted here only because they agree with the centuries the atlas independently drew it in. The atlas itself draws the world at 2 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 800 CE to 900 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.
Elsewhere in Middle East at the time
Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.
Landmark · Middle East
Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela
1181 CE – still standing
Polity · Middle East
Mamluke Sultanate
1250 CE – 1517 CETrade route · Middle East
Mediterranean Southern Route
331 BCE – 1500 CE
Conflict · Middle East
The Crusades
1096 CE – 1291 CE
Landmark · Middle East
Merv
2500 BCE – 1221 CE
Polity · Middle East
Yemen
Attested 1000 CE – 2026 CETrade route · Middle East
Maritime Silk Road – Red Sea Branch
200 BCE – 1500 CE
Conflict · Middle East
Early Muslim Conquests
632 CE – 750 CEDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 750 CE and 1258 CE.
And in the rest of the world
Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits7 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Abbasid bannerEc.Domnowall · Public domain
- Rock-Hewn Churches, LalibelaSailko · CC BY 3.0
- Mamluk SultanateRo4444 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Crusadesanonymus · Public domain
- MervKalpak Travel · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flag of YemenNightstallion et al., see File history below for details. · Public domain
- Map of expansion of CaliphateDieBuche · Public domain
