Timeline | 1000 A.D.to 1200 A.D. | PALESTINE*

Date

Country | Description

1009 A.D.

Palestine*

The Fatimid Caliph al-Hakim bi-Amrillah (r. 996–1021) orders the destruction of the Holy Sepulchre Church. Ten years later he would order its rebuilding.

1027 A.D.

Palestine*

The Fatimids restore the Dome of the Rock.

1033 A.D.

Palestine*

The Fatimid restore the city walls of Jerusalem.

1034 A.D.

Palestine*

An earthquake destroys half of Ramla, most of Jericho and Nablus, and causes some damage in Jerusalem. A year later, the Fatimid Caliph al-Zahir (r. 1021–36) orders reconstruction of the Aqsa Mosque and repair of the Dome of the Rock.

1048 A.D.

Palestine*

Merchants from Amalfi (Italy) construct a huge social institution including a hospital in Jerusalem.

1072 A.D.

Palestine*

The Turkomans under the command of Utsuz, in the name of the Seljuqs, invade Palestine, defeating and ejecting the Fatimid army. The Fatimids reconquer it 25 years later.

1095 A.D.

Palestine*

Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (d.1111), the great philosopher, visits Palestine and takes refuge for three years in the Haram al-Sharif.

1097 A.D.

Palestine*

Al-Afdal Ibn Badr al-Jamali (d.515/1121), the commander-in-chief of the Fatimid armies completes the construction of the huge mosque of ‘Asqalan with its magnificent minbar (pulpit), which is exhibited to this day in the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron.

1099 A.D.

Palestine*

The Crusaders conquer Palestine with a huge massacre in Jerusalem; the estimated number of the victims is ca 70,000. Major parts of the cities are destroyed. Godfrey de Bouillon is elected as the leader of the Latin Kingdom.

1116 A.D.

Palestine*

Baldwin I (r. 1100–18) expands the Kingdom.

1141 A.D.

Palestine*

Belvoir citadel (Kawkab al-Hawa) is built in a wave of citadel-building all over Palestine.

1153 A.D.

Palestine*

The fall of ‘Asqalan, the last Fatimid military base in Palestine.

1187 A.D.

Palestine*

The Battle of Hattin. The rise of the Ayyubid dynasty as a successful force against the Crusaders, combined with cultural and demographic changes, transforms the face of Palestine after many years of Crusader control.