Years: 885 - 885

Locations

• Taranto > Tarentum Puglia Italy

People

• Basil I
• Nikephoros Phokas the Elder

Groups

• Arab people
• Lombards (West Germanic tribe)
• Christianity, Chalcedonian
• Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
• Benevento, Lombard Duchy of
• Muslims, Sunni
• Sicily (theme)
• Saracens
• Sicily, Emirate of
• Abbasid Caliphate (Samarra)
• Roman Empire, Eastern: Macedonian dynasty

Topics

• Arab-Byzantine Wars
• Islamic Golden Age
• Islamic Conquest of Sicily
• Byzantine-Muslim War of 871-85

Commodoties

• Weapons

Subjects

• Commerce
• Labor and Service
• Conflict
• Faith
• Government
• Technology

Regions

• Southwest Europe

Subregions

• Mediterranean Southwest Europe