Baghdad: The Forging of Islam (TRIH ep 376, part 1)
750 · Resource
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook set the scene for a four-episode series on Baghdad by surveying the late Umayyad world and the forces that produced the Abbasid revolution. They outline the extraordinary rapidity and scale of the early Arab conquests, the demise of the Sasanian empire, and the complex, multi-religious populations (Christians, Zoroastrians, Jews) living under Arab rule.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 750
- An Lushan Rebellion (755)
- Viking Age (793)
- Islamic Golden Age (750)
- Khmer Empire (Angkor) (802)
- Reign of Charlemagne (768)
- Abbasid Caliphate founded (750)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Fall of the Sasanian Empire (651)
- Srivijaya Empire (650)
- Silla unifies Korea (668)