Africa, Islam, and Muhammed

  • 500

    Nok Uses Iron Tools

    Nok uses iron tools
    iron farming utensils -----> increased farming
    production -----> increased population -----> grown cities -----> trade civilization
  • Period: 500 to Jan 1, 1200

    Ghana's Trading Empire

  • 570

    Muhammed Was Born

  • Period: Jan 1, 600 to

    Spread of Islam in Africa.

  • Period: Jan 1, 603 to Jan 1, 1453

    Byzantine Empire

  • Period: Mar 22, 603 to Mar 22, 670

    Byzantine Empire Attacked...

    ...Persia, Syria, Jerusalem, Egypt, and NW Africa
  • Jan 1, 610

    Muhammed Went on a Pilgrimage to Makkah

  • Jan 1, 632

    Muhammed and his Followers Left on a Journey to Makkah

  • Period: Jan 1, 674 to

    Lose Attack on Constantinople

  • Period: Jan 1, 700 to

    Trans Saharan Trade

  • Jan 1, 732

    Lose Battle of Poiters France

  • Jan 1, 732

    Muhammed Led Final Pilgrimage to Makkah

  • Jan 1, 750

    Abbassids Conqure Umayyads (Baghdad)

  • Jan 1, 1070

    Ghana Dominates Trade Routes

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

    Weakened Ghana Under Muslim Control

  • Jan 1, 1240

    Almorarid's Conqure Kumbi

  • Jan 1, 1240

    Mande Conqures Kumbi

  • Period: Jan 1, 1240 to Jan 1, 1400

    Mali

  • Jan 1, 1312

    Mansa Musa

  • Jan 1, 1350

    Timbuktu

  • Jan 1, 1352

    Ibn Battate: Trader and Historian

  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1550

    Songhai

  • Mar 22, 1453

    Ottomon Tork Take Constantinople

    This was the end of the Byzantine Empire.
  • Jan 1, 1480

    Sunni Ali: Military Leader

  • Jan 1, 1490

    Asika Mohammed Toure

  • Muslims Settle In Kumbi

  • Dome of the Rock Built in Jersalem

  • Umayyad Dynasty at Cordoba, Spain

  • Muhammed Jouney w/ His uncle

  • Gabriel Revealing Messages by God to Muhammed

  • Period: to

    Muslims Conqured North Africa

  • Period: to Jan 1, 1110

    Ghana's Golden Age