Ray

City · c. 936 CE · in Europe

Capital of Ziyarid dynasty (936–979), Great Seljuk Empire (1040–1194).

Thingvellir National Park (c. 936 CE): Capital of Icelandic Commonwealth (936–1262).
Isfahan (c. 936 CE): Capital of Ziyarid dynasty (936–979), Great Seljuk Empire (1040–1194).
Arles (c. 936 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Arles (936–1378).
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Hyrcania (c. 936 CE): Capital of Ziyarid dynasty (936–979).
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Biograd na Moru (c. 926 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Croatia (926–1098).
Jiangling County (c. 926 CE): Capital of Jingnan (926–963).

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Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258 CE): The Abbasid dynasty, descended from Muhammad's uncle, took the caliphate from the Umayyads and ruled from Iraq, presiding over the Islamic Golden Age.
Avicenna (c. 980 CE – 1037 CE): A Persian physician and philosopher, author of The Canon of Medicine and The Book of Healing, one of the most influential thinkers of the Islamic Golden Age.
Sogdians (c. 500 BCE – c. 900 CE): Iranian people of the Zeravshan valley around Samarkand and Bukhara whose merchants dominated trade along the Silk Roads, especially between the 4th and 8th centuries.
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Samanid Empire (819–999 CE): Persian dynasty ruling from Bukhara whose court fostered a revival of the Persian language and literature within the Islamic world.
Samarra (c. 836–892 CE): Capital of Abbasid Caliphate (836–892).
Al-Razi (c. 865 CE – 925 CE): A Persian physician and chemist from Rey who wrote influential medical encyclopedias and gave an early clinical description distinguishing smallpox from measles.