Disc 1. Muslim empires : land, language, religion ; Muhammad and the dawn of Islam, 622
Disc 2. Arab invasion of North Africa, 639 ; Umayyad caliphate in Damascus, 661
Disc 3. Battle of Karbala, 680 ; Arab invasion of Andalusia, 711
Disc 4. Battle of Talas, 751 ; The founding of Baghdad, 762
Disc 5. Islamic Golden Age begins, 813 ; Qairouan University, 859
Disc 6. The Fatimids of Cairo, 969 ; Umayyad exile in Cordoba, 784-1031
Disc 7. Al Ghazali and orthodoxy, 1090 ; Crusaders capture Jerusalem, 1099
Disc 8. Muslims in the court of Roger II, 1130 ; Saladin : chivalry and conquest, 1187
Disc 9. The Egyptian Mamluks, 1250 ; Mongols sack Baghdad, 1258
Disc 10. Ottoman Empire rises, 1299 ; Mansa Musa, richest man, 1324
Disc 11. Ibn Khaldun's masterpiece, 1377 ; Ottomans seize Constantinople, 1453
Disc 12. Fall of Granada, 1492 ; Safavid dynasty of Persia, 1501
Disc 13. Selim the Grim, 1512 ; Suleiman the Magnificent, 1520
Disc 14. Second Siege of Vienna, 1683 ; The Saud-Wahhab Pact, 1744
Disc 15. Napoleon invades Egypt, 1798 ; Murder at the Citadel, 1811
Disc 16. French invasion of Algeria, 1830 ; East India Company in Yemen, 1839
Disc 17. Egypt, Europe, and the Suez Canal, 1869 ; Discovering Middle East Oil, 1908
Disc 18. World War I in the desert, 1914 ; The last caliphate falls, 1924.
