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Muhammad leaves Mecca to go to Medina because Mecca's citizens didn't like Muhammad's teachings and he gains more followers there.
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In 630, Muhammad waks to Mecca after winning the war against the Meccans and he destroys the idols in the Kaaba.
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In 632, Muhammad dies and his followers write his teachings in a book which is now the Islamic holy bbok, the Quran.
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Caliphs ruled from 632 to 660 and expanded the Islamic Empire to a much larger size than Muhammad ever dreamed of.
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By the time Muhammad's death, Sassanid and Byzantine empires were weak from all the fighting.
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Arab expansion continued for the next 100 years under the caliph dynasties.
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The commander, Tariqibn Ziyad, led the final Islamic expansion of Spain in 711-718 from Morocco to Spain.
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The dynasty that Mu’awiya estrablished ends and changes to the Abbasid Dynasty.
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Mu’awiya establishes his dynasty that he rules from 680 to 750.
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When the Dome of the Rock was built, it increased the power seen in the religion of Islam.
