Africa Timeline By clin925 500 Nok uses iron tools the iron farming utensnils increased farming production. Period: 500 to Mar 9, 1200 Ghana's trading empire Jan 1, 600 increased farming production led to increased population, which led to the growth of cities. Period: Mar 16, 600 to Mar 2, 2022 Islam Spreads Period: Mar 16, 600 to Mar 16, 1453 Eastern Roman Empire( Now known as Byzantine Empire) Mar 16, 634 muslims conquer Syria Mar 16, 642 Egypt is conquered by Muslims Mar 16, 644 N/W Africa and Persia are conquered Mar 16, 647 Muslims lose attack on Constaninpole Mar 16, 710 Spain is conquered Mar 16, 725 Battle of Poiters, France is lost Mar 16, 750 Abassids conquer umayyads (Baghdad) Mar 16, 1000 Byzantine Empire at its peak Mar 16, 1076 Ghana dominates trade routes and conquers Kumbi Mar 16, 1312 Mona Musa Mar 16, 1350 Timbuktu Mar 16, 1352 Ibn Batate, trader and historian tarder and historian Mar 16, 1453 Ottoman take Constanipole Mar 16, 1470 Islam is in W. AFrica due to trade Mar 16, 1490 askia Mohammad toure Mar 16, 1500 Sunni ali: Military Leader Mar 2, 2022 Jerusalem is conquered Mar 2, 2022 Dome of the Rock is buitl in Jerusalem Period: Mar 2, 2022 to Mar 16, 1100 Ghana's Golden Age