Islam and Africa Timeline

By ethansmith
  • Period: 500 to Jan 1, 1200

    Ghana's Trading Empire

  • 570

    Muhammad Born Into Makkah

  • Jan 1, 610

    Eastern Roman Empire Now Known as Byzantine Empire

  • Mar 1, 632

    Muhammad Dies

  • Period: Jan 1, 634 to Jan 1, 711

    Expansion of the Islamic Empire

    Expansion includes conquer of following countries:
    Syria, Jeruslam, Egypt, NW Africa, Persia, Iraq, and Spain
  • Jan 1, 674

    Lose Attack on Constantinople

  • Jan 1, 700

    Dome of the Rock Built in Jeruslam

  • Jan 1, 732

    Lose Battle of Poiters, France

  • Period: Jan 1, 1100 to Jan 1, 1200

    Weakened Ghana Under Muslim Control

  • Jan 1, 1200

    Byzantine Empire at it's Peak

  • Jan 1, 1312

    Mansa Musa Born

  • Jan 1, 1453

    Ottoman Turks Take Constantinople (end of Byzantine Empire)

  • Period: to Jan 1, 1200

    Ghana's Golden Age