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Timeline Of Jeddah
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Prior to 20th century * 500 BCE - Quda'a settle. * 647 CE - Uthman Ibn Affan, turns Jeddah into a port making it the port of Makkah instead of Al Shoaiba port. * 703 CE - Jeddah was briefly occupied by pirates from the Kingdom of Axum. * 969 CE - Fatimids in power. * 1177 - Jeddah becomes part of the Ayyubid Empire. * 1254 - City becomes part of the Mamluk Sultanate. * 1400 - In the 15th century it became the centre of trade between Egypt and India. * 1517 - City besieged by Ottomans. * 1525 - Barracks built; city walls rebuilt with six watchtowers and six city gates. * 1541 - City besieged by Portuguese. * 1804 - Town besieged by Sauds. * 1811 - Ottomans in power. * 1813 - Battle of Jeddah (1813). * 1814 - Population: 15,000 (approximate). * 1820 - European cemetery established (approximate date). * 1858 - 15 June: "Massacre." * 1881 - Nasseef House built. 20th century * 1910 - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timeline
A timeline is a display of a list of events in chronological order. It is typically a graphic design showing a long bar labelled with dates paralleling it, and usually contemporaneous events. Timelines can use any suitable scale representing time, suiting the subject and data; many use a linear scale, in which a unit of distance is equal to a set amount of time. This timescale is dependent on the events in the timeline. A timeline of evolution can be over millions of years, whereas a timeline for the day of the September 11 attacks can take place over minutes, and that of an explosion over milliseconds. While many timelines use a linear timescale—especially where very large or small timespans are relevant -- logarithmic timelines entail a logarithmic scale of time; some "hurry up and wait" chronologies are depicted with zoom lens metaphors. History Time and space, particularly the line, are intertwined concepts in human thought. The line is ubiquitous in clocks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
