By of explanation, next week I'll be starting a new course at SNHU -- HIS-117, World Civilization, Prehistory to 1500. The term paper for this course asks that the student write a paper on intercultural interaction, so I decided to return to a topic I started researching a few years back in hopes of perhaps writing novel (I didn't) -- the Muslim invasion of Sicily in 827 CE and the subsequent founding of the Emirate of Sicily. Today I made a tentative timeline for the period, which is below. More to follow.
652: First Arab attack on Sicily
732: Battle of Tours
739: Berber Revolt
750: Abbasid (Shia) Revolution
800: Aghlabids given rule of Ifriqiya
827: Battle of Trapani
831: Emirate of Sicily proclaimed
902: Conquest of Sicily complete
909: Rise of Fatimids (Shia)
948: Kalbid dynasty established
973: Zirids take control in Ifriqiya
1048: Zirids become independent in Ifriqiya
1053: Last Kalbid dies
1061: Norman conquest begins
1071: Normans conquer Sicily
1121: Almohads in Ifriqiya
1146: Norman attack Ifriqiya
1171: Ayyubids conquer Cairo
1229: Hafsids in Ifriqiya
1240: Last Muslims expelled from Sicily
1250: Mamluks conquer Cairo
1261: Abbasids reinstated in Ifriqiya
1300: Liquidation of Lucera
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