Middle East and Egypt (11th–12th c.)

The Near East from the Fatimid caliphs of Cairo and the last Buyids to the age of the crusades: the Seljuk Turks in Baghdad and Isfahan and their vizier Nizam al-Mulk, Ibn Sina and the madrasas, the Nizari Ismailis of Alamut, the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Muslim counter-offensive of the 12th century.

7 events · 1 region · Middle East and Egypt

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Events

• Al-Hakim destroys the Church of the Holy Sepulchre18 October 1009 · Middle East and Egypt
• Ibn Sina's ‘Canon of Medicine’between 1020 and 1025 · Middle East and Egypt
• Tughril Beg enters Baghdadbetween 17 December and 18 December 1055 · Middle East and Egypt
• The caliphate of al-Mustansir and the ‘Mustansirite hardship’13 June 1036 – 29 December 1094 · Middle East and Egypt
• The Nizamiyya madrasa opens in BaghdadSeptember 1067 · Middle East and Egypt
• Hasan-i Sabbah takes Alamut1090 · Middle East and Egypt
• The crusaders take Jerusalem7 June – 15 July 1099 · Middle East and Egypt

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Sources

1. Wikipedia (English): Fatimid Caliphate
2. Wikipedia (English): Seljuk Empire
3. Wikipedia (English): Crusades
4. Wikipedia (Russian): Фатимидский халифат
5. Wikipedia (Russian): Государство Сельджукидов
6. Wikipedia (Russian): Крестовые походы

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