Evidence and editorial choices

Sources & methodology

Twenty-four selected events from UNESCO and the Metropolitan Museum of Art cover political changes, learning, cities, trade and architecture from 661 to 1648 CE. Century bands use editorial numeric bounds for filtering; exact years and construction ranges retain the institution’s precision. The map uses public-domain Natural Earth land shapes with no political borders. It is regional orientation, not a map of historical sovereignty. No Quran passage is used to prove a later historical date.

What this app quotes

Events cite the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Their named records support the displayed dates at their actual precision. The app quotes no Quran text, commentary or hadith. Land shapes are public-domain Natural Earth data, bundled locally.

What is editorial

Event summaries are original and concise. Century bands are editorial filters; exact years and construction ranges keep the precision given by the cited institution. None of it is a ruling or an opinion from quran.ai, Quran.com or Quran Foundation, and no independent scholarly review is claimed.

Limits

The events are a selection, not a complete history. The map is regional orientation without political borders, and no Quran verse is presented as evidence for a later historical date.

Snapshot and reuse

Canonical snapshot retrieved on 27 October 2026. Source records, checksums and edition names ship with the project. Original application code is MIT licensed. DM Sans, Newsreader and Amiri are hosted locally under the SIL Open Font License, with their licence files included.

Snapshot SHA-256: 3ffbc20d417f6f2246447b3c76f0be27209fa009793b1eea92ae22e324eb3b2f
App content SHA-256: 42483ba993a7b5792c825742ee65e21472b8d370feeef93ea6e765dc658b64f1

References used in this app

20 linked sources. Each opens the source provider in a new tab.

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