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West Asia & North Africa: Post-classical period

News and analysis of political and social trends in this region

Post-classical

Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Postclassical World
Post-classical history (Wikipedia)
CONTINUED SPREAD OF RELIGIONS in THE POSTCLASSICAL PERIOD, 500-1500 / GLOBAL AND COMPARATIVE DIMENSIONS / PERIODIZATION, 500-1000 from The Encyclopedia of World History
Post-classical Middle East (Wikipedia)
The Golden Age from 1001 Inventions: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Civilization
Islamic astronomy in General astronomy / Ancient (pre-telescopic) astronomy from Encyclopedia of the History of Astronomy and Astrophysics
ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS from The Essentials of Philosophy and Ethics
Arabic literature from The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide

Qarinvand (Karenvand, Karenids) (c.550s-1100 CE) (N. Iran)

Rashidun Caliphate (632-661 CE)

Dabuyid (Gaubarid) Dynasty (642-760 CE)

Bavand (Bavandids) (651-1349 CE) (N. Iran)

Umayyad Caliphate (661-750 CE)

Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258 CE)

Samanid Empire (819-999 CE)

Fatamid Caliphate (909-1171) (Hejaz & N. Africa)

Seljuk Empire (1037-1194)

Khwarazmian Empire (1077-1231) (Iran)

County of Edessa (1098-1144) (Syria/Turkey)

Principality of Antioch (1098-1268)

Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099-1291) (Levant)

County of Tripoli (1102-1289) (Levant)

Ayyubid Sultanate (1171-1260)

Kingdom of Cyprus (1192-1489)

Mongol Invasion (1206-1258)

Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt (1250-1517)