Period of general political and military disorder during the early Umayyad dynasty, following the death of the first Umayyad caliph Muawiyah I. It began in 680 CE and lasted until 692 CE (about 12 years). The setting was Arabian Peninsula. Those involved included Yazid I, Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, Husayn ibn Ali and Umar ibn Sa'd.
Before and after
- 670 CEConstruction of Great Mosque of Kairouan
- 670 CEConstruction of Kairouan
- 670 CEDeath of Brahmagupta
- from 680 CE to 1355Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
- from 680 CE to 692 CESecond Fitna
- from 7 November 680 CE to 16 September 681 CEThird Council of Constantinople
- from 681 CE to 1018First Bulgarian Empire
- c. 683 CESrivijaya emerges as a maritime empire in Sumatra
- c. 683 CEEruption of Rabaul
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