Fatimid Caliphate
909–1171 · Event
Shia Fatimids establish a caliphate in North Africa, rival to the Sunni Abbasids; they conquer Egypt and found Cairo in 969, moving the capital there in 973.
On these timelines: North Africa, Islam, Major Religions, Master, The Islamic Golden Age
More from North Africa
- Arab conquest of the Maghreb (647)
- Punic Wars (264 BCE)
- Algerian War of Independence (1954)
- Third Punic War / Destruction of Carthage (149 BCE)
- Founding of Carthage (814 BCE)
- Almohad Caliphate (1121)
- French conquest of Algeria (1830)
- Almoravid Empire founded (1050)
Around 909
- Reign of Alfred the Great (871)
- Holy Roman Empire (962)
- Song dynasty (960)
- Holy Roman Empire founded (962)
- Christianisation of Kievan Rus' (988)
- Founding of the Capetian dynasty (987)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Gunpowder developed in China (850)
- Diamond Sutra printed (868)
- House of Wisdom (830)