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Period: 570 to Mar 6, 632
Muhammad's Life
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Period: Mar 6, 632 to Mar 6, 661
Rightly Guided Caliphs
Abu Bakr: 632-634
Umar: 634-644
Uthman: 644-656
Ali: 656-661 -
Period: Mar 6, 661 to Mar 6, 750
Umayyads
Rose to power after the rightly guided caliphs
Helped shaped the religion of Islam
Moved the capital to Damascus, Syria -
Period: Mar 6, 750 to Mar 6, 1258
Abbasid Dynasty
Abu Al-Abbas was the first leader in the dynasty
Brought Persian influence to the empire
Devoted their energy to trade, scholarhsip, and art
They moved the capital to Baghdad; which was good for trade since it was near the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Would share their rule witht eh Seljuk Turks -
Period: Mar 6, 1055 to Mar 6, 1258
Seljuk Turks
Great warriors; hired by the Abbasids and eventually took control
Took over Baghdad in 1055
Seljuks ruled the government and the military while the Abbasids ruled over religion
Seljuk ruler was called a Sultan, which means "holder of power" -
Period: Mar 6, 1200 to Mar 6, 1299
Mongols encroach on the Empire
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Period: Mar 6, 1200 to
Ottoman Empire
Turks from Asia Minor began building a new empire
First ruler was Osman
Suleyman I (the magnificent) was the greatest leader, ruled in the 1500s and had many talents
Built schools and mosques
Were great at quickly conquering land; threatened Vienna -
Mar 6, 1258
Mongols sack Baghdad
Effectively end the Abbasid dynasty, the Seljuk Turks dynasty, and the Arab Empire -
Period: Mar 6, 1300 to Mar 6, 1399
Era of Timbuktu
Sufis: spent their time praying and teaching Islam, which resulted in its spread -
Mar 6, 1453
Fall of the Byzantine Empire
Mehmed the conquerer sacks Constantinople and renames it Istanbul -
Period: Mar 6, 1500 to
Mogul Empire
Babur is the first Mogul leader
His grandson, Akbar, is considered the greatest Mogul leader
Accepting of people of many faiths
Excellent merchants and traders -
Mar 6, 1526
Delhi capital of Mogul Empire