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Muhammad, a man who made many changes and had a big effect on India dies.
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Ali the Fourth Caliph in Islam is assassinated. This was a shock to many people, but with dissagreements things like this happened before and will happen again.
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The Umayyad dynasty ends and Abbassid dynasty begins. In 762 AD the Abbasids moved their capital from Damascus in Syria to the new city of Baghdad in Iraq. ( Which is still the capital of Iraq today.)
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A group of Christian Crusaders Capture Jerusalem from the Muslims. This was something they had been fighting over for a while by then.
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The Abbassid Dynasty ends after many years. It had breifly ended for three years once as well.
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Suleiman the Magnificent becomes the ruler of Ottoman. Suleiman is known as "The lawgiver" in the east.
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Abbas the Great gains control of the Safavid Empire. Abbas was a great builder.
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The Taj Mahal was built in Agra in Northern Asia. The man built it for his dead wife.
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Muhammad leaves his hometown of Mecca to Medina. He left with his wife because they were recivinh death threats.