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27th December 537: Hagia Sophia basilica inaugurated

  • 27th December 2019
  • Tagged as: Architecture, Christianity, Engineering, Islam, Religion, Turkey

On the 27th December 537, Hagia Sophia was inaugurated by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I and Patriarch Menas of Constantinople.

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27th November 1095: Pope Urban II launches the First Crusade

  • 27th November 2019
  • Tagged as: Byzantine Empire, Christianity, Crusade, Holy Land, Islam, Jerusalem, Pope, Religion, Urban II, War

On the 27th November 1095, Pope Urban II launched the First Crusade with an impassioned speech at the Council of Clermont.

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2nd October 1187: Saladin captures Jerusalem from Crusaders

  • 2nd October 2019
  • Tagged as: Christianity, Crusade, Holy Land, Islam, Jerusalem, Religion

On 2nd October 1187, the Siege of Jerusalem came to an end when Saladin captured the city from the crusaders who had ruled the city since 1099.

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16th July 622: Start date of the Islamic calendar

  • 16th July 2019
  • Tagged as: Arabia, Astronomy, Calendar, Date, Islam, Muslim, Religion, Science

The Islamic calendar was dated to start with the first new moon after the Prophet Muhammad and his followers migrated to Medina.ituals.

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18th May 1291: Siege of Acre signals end of Crusader influence

  • 18th May 2019
  • Tagged as: Christian, Christianity, Crusade, Islam, Medieval, Middle Ages, Middle East, Muslim, War

On the 18th May 1291, the Crusader-controlled city of Acre was seized by the Muslim forces of the Mamluk Sultan Al-Ashraf Khalil.

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5th March 1046: Persian poet Nasir Khusraw’s 7-year journey through the Islamic world results in the Safarnama

  • 5th March 2019
  • Tagged as: Cairo, Culture, Egypt, Islam, Medieval, Persia, Travel

The Persian poet and philosopher Nasir Khusraw began a seven-year journey through the Islamic world that he recorded in the Safarnama.

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25th November 1491: The Treaty of Granada ends Islamic rule on the Iberian Peninsula

  • 25th November 2018
  • Tagged as: Catholicism, Granada, Islam, Reconquista, Spain

The Treaty of Granada ended the Granada War and brought about the end of Islamic rule on the Iberian Peninsula.

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30th September 737: Umayyad Caliphate defeated in the Battle of the Baggage

  • 30th September 2018
  • Tagged as: Afghanistan, Caliph, Caliphate, Islam, Middle East, Muslim, Turgesh, Umayyad

The Battle of the Baggage saw the defeat of an army from the powerful Umayyad Caliphate by Turgesh forces.

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30th July 762: Construction begins on the city of Baghdad under Caliph Al-Mansur

  • 30th July 2018
  • Tagged as: Abbasid, Al-Mansur, Architecture, Baghdad, Caliph, Islam, Madinat al-Salaam, Muslim

The city of Baghdad was founded by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mansur.

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HistoryPod Live: Historical significance. How are events chosen for the daily podcast?

  • 10th July 2017
  • Tagged as: Calendar, historiography, Islam, Roman Empire, Romania

This extended edition of HistoryPod attempts to answer the most common question from listeners: how and why are certain events featured (or not) in the daily podcast?

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