Islamic, African, and Byzantine Timeline. By facebooker_100000747027523 Period: 330 to Mar 21, 1453 Byzantine Empire Period: 500 to Mar 21, 1200 Trading Empire of Ghana 570 Muhammed Born Period: Mar 21, 600 to Mar 2, 2022 Islam Influence on Africa Mar 21, 610 Merchant (click for info) Muhammed was a merchant and went to pray in the mountains where God/Allah revealed himself to Muhammed and was visited by angel Gabriel and was given the Karran. Mar 21, 613 Muhammed Begins Preaching Mar 21, 626 Muhammed Establishes Followers Mar 21, 632 Muhammed Death Period: Mar 21, 700 to Mar 2, 2022 Trans-Saharan Trade Mar 21, 750 Abassids Conquer Ummayads (Baghdad) Mar 21, 1000 Peak of Byzantine Empire Mar 21, 1070 Ghana Dominates The Trade Routes Period: Mar 21, 1096 to Mar 21, 1291 Islamic Crusades Mar 21, 1453 Byzantine's Fall Mar 2, 2022 First Career: Trader Period: Mar 2, 2022 to Mar 21, 1450 Byzantine's Peak Period: Mar 2, 2022 to Mar 21, 1100 Ghana's Golden Age Period: Mar 2, 2022 to Mar 2, 2022 Muslims Conquer N. Africa