The Islamic City · event 10 of 15

1176

The Citadel is begun. Saladin fortifies a spur of the Mokattam hills. It remains the seat of government in Egypt for nearly seven hundred years.

The The Islamic City era

  1. 641
  2. 750
  3. 868
  4. 879
  5. 969
  6. 970
  7. 1087
  8. 1168
  9. 1171
  10. 1176
  11. 1250
  12. 1258
  13. 1348
  14. 1356–1363
  15. 1474

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