Prior to World War One, the area now called Israel and Palestine, was part of the Turkish Ottoman Empire. The region contained Muslim and Christian Arabs, as well as Jewish inhabitants. This region was, thousands of years prior, home to the ancient land called Israel. Most of the Jewish p...
The Islamic empire starts to expand their control under Muhammad. 632 The Rashidun Caliphate begins. Muhammad dies, and control passes to the caliphs, the successors of Muhammad. The four "rightly guided," or Rashidun, caliphs greatly expand the Islamic empire into North Africa, Egypt, Tunisia...
This lesson explores the history of the Mali Empire: its foundation, its most notable achievements, and its decline.
It offers a good way to visualize the actual scale of the periods of the Indonesian history : the colonial era once put in perspective seems very short especially for the last additions to the Dutch empire such as Aceh, Bali or Papua. It also meant to highlight the various zones of influ...
Learn the true definition of the term ~'Byzantine.~' Discover facts about the Byzantine Empire's culture and a timeline of the major events which...
Egypt is invaded and taken over by the Islamic Empire in 639. This essentially marks the end of the Hellenistic astrological tradition. 8th century CE The Medieval astrological tradition begins in the latter part of the 8th century and flourishes in Baghdad under the Abbasid Caliphate....
xiii ca. 463 First mention of central Asian Avars in Byzantine sources (Priscus) in connection with westward migration of Sabirs, Ogurs, Saragurs, and Onogurs 527–565 Emperor Justinian I 552–555 The Turks under Bumin destroy the central Asian empire of the Rouran Dec. 558/Jan. 559 ...
205-270: Lifetime of Plotinus, Egyptian-born monistic Greek philosopher and religious genius who transforms a revival of Platonism in the Roman Empire into what present-day scholars call Neoplatonism, which greatly influences Islamic and European thought. He teaches ahimsa, vegetarianism, karma, ...
Learn about Ancient Persian culture, characteristics of the Persian Empire, and Persia’s history. See the Persian Empire’s timeline and read about...
Understand the history of the Inca Empire, the rise of the Incas, and the Inca empire expansion. See an Inca Empire timeline. Discover where the...