Turning Points in Middle Eastern History

[1] Muslim Empires: Land, Language, Religion [2] Muhammad and the Dawn of Islam, 622 [3] Arab Invasion of North Africa, 639 [4] Umayyad Caliphate in Damascus, 661 [5] Battle of Karbala, 680 [6] Arab Invasion of Andalusia, 711 [7] Battle of Talas, 751 [8] The Founding of Baghdad, 762 [9] Islamic Golden Age Begins, 813 [10] Qairouan University, 859 [11] The Fatimids of Cairo, 969 [12] Umayyad Exile in Cordoba, 784, 1031 [13] Al-Ghazali and Orthodoxy, 1090 [14] Crusaders Capture Jerusalem, 1099 [15] Muslims in the Court of Roger II, 1130 [16] Saladin] Chivalry and Conquest, 1187 [17] The Egyptian Mamluks, 1250 [18] Mongols Sack Baghdad, 1258 [19] Ottoman Empire Rises, 1299 [20] Mansa Musa, Richest Man, 1324 [21] Ibn Khaldun's Masterpiece, 1377 [22] Ottomans Seize Constantinople, 1453 [23] Fall of Granada, 1492 [24] Safavid Dynasty of Persia, 1501 [25] Selim the Grim, 1512 [26] Suleiman the Magnificent, 1520 [27] Second Siege of Vienna, 1683 [28] The Saud-Wahhab Pact, 1744 [29] Napoleon Invades Egypt, 1798 [30] Murder at the Citadel, 1811 [31] French Invasion of Algeria, 1830 [32] East India Company in Yemen, 1839 [33] Egypt, Europe, and the Suez Canal, 1869 [34] Discovering Middle East Oil, 1908 [35] World War I in the Desert, 1914 [36] The Last Caliphate Falls, 1924