Moonlight in a Jar: An Al-Andalus Timeline - Threadmarks

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  • ACT I: Hisham II and al-Mughira

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  • ACT I Part II: The Pyxis of al-Mughira

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  • ACT I Part III: Ghalib's Expedition

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  • ACT I Part IV: Hisham II's Formative Years

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  • ACT I Part V: Ibn Abi Aamir's Gambit

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  • ACT I Part VI: The Coup of 982

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  • ACT I Part VII: Hisham's Majority

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  • ACT I Part VIII: Civil War in Leon

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  • ACT I Part IX: Ziri ibn Atiya

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  • ACT I Part X: Hisham the Builder

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  • ACT I Part XI: Last Gasp of Ibn Abi Aamir

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  • ACT I Part XII: War in the North

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  • ACT I Part XIII: The Aquitaine-Pamplona Connection

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  • ACT I Part XIV: Hugh Capet and Gerbert of Aurillac

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  • ACT I Part XV: Francian Succession Crisis

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  • ACT I Part XVI: Affairs in the Maghreb and Ifriqiya, 997-1002

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  • ACT I Part XVII: The Death of Al-Mughira

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  • ACT I Part XVIII: Hisham II's Middle Years

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  • ACT I Part XIX: The Death of Hisham II

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  • ACT I Part XX: Abd ar-Rahman IV of Cordoba

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  • ACT I Part XXI: Umayyad Invasion of Sardinia

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  • ACT I Part XXII: Young Blue-Eyes and the Triumphant One

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  • Intermission I Part I: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

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  • Intermission I Part II: Sweyn Forkbeard, King of Angland

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  • Intermission I Part III: Vinland

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  • Intermission I Part IV: Otto III

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  • Intermission I Part V: Byzantine Update to 1011

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  • ACT II: Al-Muntasir and the Aquitanian-Andalusian War

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  • ACT II Part II - Map as of 1021 AD

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  • ACT II Part III: She Wore a Scarlet Robe

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  • ACT II Part IV: Aquitaine and the Andalus at War

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  • ACT II Part V: Al-Muntasir Marches to War

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  • ACT II Part VI: The Fall of Viguera

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  • ACT II Part VII: Grace, Love and Horses

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  • ACT II Part VIII: Popes Through 1022

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  • ACT II Part IX: Forever Young - Adalbert of the Franks

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  • ACT II Part X: Cousins Caliph and Queen - 1030

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  • ACT II Part XI: Al-Andalus Through 1033

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  • ACT 2 Part XII: Nikephoros III and Theodora

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  • ACT 2 Part XIII: Money, Dear Basileus

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  • ACT 2 Part XIV: The Emperors Maleinos

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  • ACT 2 Part XV: On the Role of the Muladies

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  • ACT 2 Part XVI: The Last Ride of al-Muntasir

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  • ACT 2 Part XVI: End of Act II "Sirat al-Muntasir"

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  • Intermission II Part I: Cnut the Rich

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  • Intermission II Part II: Sicily Update to 1053

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  • INTERMISSION II Part III: Pecheneg Update Through 1053

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  • INTERMISSION II Part IV: The Latter Theophylacti

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  • INTERMISSION II Part V: Poland Can Into Timeline

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  • Intermission II Part V: William's War

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  • Intermission II Part VI: Fatimid Update to 1053

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  • ACT III: West and East: Al-Andalus and Byzantium

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  • ACT III Part II: Early Years of Muhammad II

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  • ACT III Part 3: Two Rebellions - Harun ibn Qays and 'Ubayd Allah the Hammudid

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  • ACT 3 Part IV: The Normans in Iberia

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  • ACT 3 Part V: The Blessed Egg and the Fitna

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  • ACT III Part VI: Caliph vs. Caliph

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  • ACT III Part VII: The Fitna's Early Years

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  • Act III Part VIII: The Turks Arrive in Persia

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  • Act III Part IX: Eustrathios Maleinos Makes a Dumb

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  • Act III Part X: The Saqlabid Amirate

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  • ACT III Part XI: The Rule of the Slaves

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  • ACT III Part XII: Eustathios Maleinos Reaps the Whirlwind

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  • ACT III Part XII: A God-Fearing Man Named George

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  • ACT III Part XIII: The Muladi-Powered Economy

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  • ACT III Part XIV: The Great Upheaval

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  • AcT III Part XV: Ibn al-Layth

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  • ACT III Part XVI: The Life Cycle of the Saqaliba

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  • ACT III Part XVII: Francia, Aquitaine, Toulouse and the Age of the Warlords

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  • ACT III Part XVIII: Build-up to the Lateran Wars

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  • INTERMISSION III Part I: Dat Mapdate

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  • ACT IV Part I: Al-Andalus at the Onset of the 12th Century

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  • ACT IV Part II: The Submission of Muslim Sicily

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  • ACT IV Part III: Mu'ayyad al-Din and the Capture of Barcelona

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  • ACT IV Part IV: William of the Bull and Saif al-Din

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  • ACT IV Part V: Averting a Second Fitna

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  • ACT IV Part VI: The Lateran Wars, Part 1

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  • ACT IV Part VII: The Lateran Wars, Part 2 and the Pomeranian and Prussian Adventures

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  • ACT IV Part VIII: Growth in the West and Ibn Sajr

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  • ACT IV Part IX: Alhamdulillah! Discovery of the Juzur al-Kaledat

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  • ACT III Part X: Crying Survivor

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  • ACT IV Part XI: What Could Have Been

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  • ACT IV Part XII: Mu'izz ad-Din, Ibn Mahbub and the Igiderids

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  • ACT IV Part XIII: The Matter of Europe - Abridged

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  • ACT IV Part XIV: A Beautiful Song

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  • INTERMISSION: 1176 Mapdate

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  • INTERMISSION IV: Dat Mapdate

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  • ACT V Part I: The Naiman Khaganate and the Road of St. Sergius

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  • ACT V Part II: Sa'd al-Din and his Cats

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  • ACT V Part III: Calipha Majin

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  • ACT V Part IV: Constantinople Falls

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  • ACT V Part V: The Plague in Al-Andalus

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  • ACT V Part VI: How the Great Plague Changed Everything

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  • ACT V Part VII: Son of the Gazelle Woman

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  • ACT V Part VIII: The Great Plague and Christendom

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  • ACT V Intermission I: Map of the Haemus and Asia Minor in 1220

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  • ACT V Part IX: Reaping the Harvest of Shu'ubiyya

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  • ACT V Part X: The Life and Times of Gharsiya ibn Bilayu

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  • ACT V Part XII: Big Talker

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  • ACT V Part XII: The Dawn

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  • INTERMISSION V: Dat Mapdate 1250

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  • ACT VI Part I: Al-Hasan's Restoration and the Taqadoum

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  • ACT VI Part II: The Two Brothers and the Father of Danger

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  • ACT VI Part III: Soft Kitty Diplomacy: The Franco-Andalusian Alliance

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  • ACT VI Part IV: Pope Celestine IV and the Balearic Adventure

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  • ACT VI Part V: The Battle of Kabrir and the Voyage to Tidra

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  • ACT VI Part VI: The Golden Khan

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  • ACT VI Part VII: The Maghurins and the River of Gold

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  • ACT VI Part VIII: The Great Alcazar of Isbili and the Future Capital

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  • ACT VI Part IX: The Wilayah of the Atlas Ocean and the Maliki Schism

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  • ACT VI Part X: The Al-Mustanjid Map

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  • ACT VI Intermission XI: Dat Mapdate, Africa Edition

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  • ACT VI Part XI: The Sugar Rebellion of 1308

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  • ACT VI Part XII: The Knights of Saint James

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  • ACT VI Part XIII: The New World Pre-Show and the River Zadazir

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  • ACT VI Part IV: On the Cusp of the Crossing

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  • ACT VI Part XV: Sailing Into the Sunset

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  • ACT VI Intermission: Map of the New World

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  • ACT VII Part I: Al-Mustakshif's First Voyage

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  • ACT VII Part II: Al-Mustakshif's Second Voyage and Ibn Mundhir's Circumnavigation

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  • ACT VII Part III: The Land of Quwunah

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  • ACT VII Part IV: The Ixlan, the Maya and the Totonacs

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  • ACT VII Part V: Jihad or Trade?

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  • ACT VII Part VI: The Monster of Qisqayyah

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  • ACT VII Part VII: Teaching the Otomi

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  • ACT VII Part VIII: The One and Only

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  • ACT VII Part IX: Spice Fleets

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  • ACT VII Sidebar: Clarimonde of France

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  • ACT VII Part X: The Southern Tip and the Sea of Cod

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  • ACT VII Part XI: War and the 14th Century

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  • ACT VII Part XII: Abd ar-Rahman the Seafarer and the Great Exchange

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  • ACT VII Part XIII: Eastern Voyages, China, Cathay and the Circumnavigation

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  • ACT VII Part XIV: The Otomi Alliance

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  • ACT VII Part XV: What the Torogoz Said

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  • INTERMISSION VII: Dat Mapdate, 1387 Edition

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  • INTERMISSION VII-II: The Caliphate Up for Grabs?

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  • INTERMISSION VII Part II: Extended Mapdate

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  • ACT VIII Part I: Ugliness and The One-Fifth Rule

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  • ACT VIII Part II: The War of the Navarrese Succession

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  • ACT VIII Part III: Dragon's Flame

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  • ACT VIII Part IV: Lead-Up to the Siege of Ribat al-Barghusa

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  • ACT VIII Part V: The Siege of Ribat al-Barghusa and the Battle of the Ijuez

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  • ACT VIII Part VI: The Treaty of Xavier

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  • ACT VIII Part VII: Salamah and the Anicetians

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  • ACT VIII Part VIII: PROFILE: The Inland East Sudan

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  • ACT VIII Part IX: Trade Tensions in the South China Sea

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  • ACT VIII Part X: Quwaniyyah, Jihad and Historical Atrocities

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  • ACT VIII Part XI: The Empire and the Blooming Sudan

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  • ACT VIII Part XII: Steam, the Wu and the Haizong Emperor

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  • ACT VIII Part XIII: Abd ar-Rahman's Halcyon Age

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