Expansion of Islam

  • Jan 1, 616

    Ali was assassinated

    661
  • Jan 1, 656

    Murder of Uthman

  • Period: Jan 1, 656 to Jan 1, 661

    first Muslim civil war

  • Jan 1, 661

    Muʿāwiyah then established himself as the first Umayyad caliph

  • Jan 1, 661

    Muʿāwiyah then established himself as the first Umayyad caliph

  • Period: Jan 1, 661 to Jan 1, 750

    Umayyads ruled Muslim Empire from

  • Period: Jan 1, 661 to Jan 1, 750

    Muslim Empire expanded

    661-750
  • Period: Jan 1, 674 to Jan 1, 678

    Romans stopped Islamic attacks against Constantinople

    674-678
  • Jan 1, 685

    Abd al-Malik solved language problem by declaring Arabic official language across Empire

  • Jan 1, 711

    armies crossed the Straits of Gibraltar to attack Spain

    711
  • Jan 1, 717

    , the Romans stopped Islamic attacks against Constantinople again

  • Jan 1, 732

    grandfather of Charlemagne, turned back a series of Islamic raids into France

  • Jan 1, 751

    Arabs won a great battle against Chinese

  • Jan 1, 771

    moved across the Strait of Gibraltar and conquered the Iberian Peninsula