Africa, Islam, and Muhammed Timeline

By jcka
  • 570

    Muhammed is born

  • Period: Jan 1, 600 to

    Spread of Islam in Africa

  • Mar 1, 610

    Muhammed's calling

  • Jan 1, 613

    Muhammed spreads Islam

  • Period: Jan 1, 700 to

    Trans-Saharan trade

  • Jan 1, 732

    Lose Battle of Poiters in France

    Stopped Islam from spreading into other parts of Europe
  • Jan 1, 750

    Abbasids conquer Umayyads (Baghdad)

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

    Weakened Ghana under Muslim control

  • Jan 1, 1453

    Ottoman Turks take Constantinople (end of Byzantine Empire)

  • Umayyads conquer Jerusalem

  • Turks convert to Islam

  • Period: to

    Muslims conquer N. African Trade