Approximate date
Elamite armies sack Ur and end the last great Sumerian dynasty. Poets mourn the city in the Lament for Ur.
How it touches Islam The Quran recalls cities that did wrong, now 'fallen into ruin', with their abandoned wells and lofty palaces (22:45).
Source: History ·
Borders come from Cliopatria, the open map of the Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0), and are approximate. Dates before 1000 BCE are estimates, and for the earliest prophets the Quran gives the order of events but not their years. Sources: the Quran, Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim, the Seerah of Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Kathir's al-Bidaya wan-Nihaya, and standard histories. See also the villains of Islamic history, from Iblis to the Dajjal, and the library of people, nations, empires and places.
