Chapters 4 and 5 timeline By nijhawan 1500 BCE Sueliman I rules Ottoman empire 1258 BCE Mongols burn Baghdad 900 BCE Al-Razi writes medical texts 800 BCE Baghdad is center of Islamic culture 622 BCE Muhammad goes to Madinah 570 BCE A preacher called Muhhamad is born 312 BCE Constantine adopts Christianity as religion of Rome 135 BCE Jews are forced out of Jedea by Romans because of revolt 79 BCE Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius buries Pompeii 33 BCE Jesus is crucified on arch by Romans 33 BCE Romans outlaw Christianity and enforce punishments for it 30 BCE Jesus starts preaching in Rome