Islam

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  • 570

    Muhammad Born

  • 610

    Muhammad's First Religious Experience

  • 613

    Muhammad Begins Preaching

  • 621

    Muhammad flees Yathrib

    • Yathrib is later renamed Medina, this date is the beginning of the Muslim calendar
  • 628

    Muhammad and his followers take over Mecca

  • 629

    Muhammad Dies -

    Muhammad's Father in Law is appointed as caliph (successor) to Muhammad
  • 652

    Islam Spreads -

    Islam spreads into Syria, Palestine, Iran, Egypt and parts North Africa
  • 661

    Umayyads gain power -

    The fourth caliph to Muhammad, Ali is assassinated transitioning power Umayyads
  • 710

    Muslims conquer Spain for the first time

  • 750

    Abbasids overthrow Umayyads -

    Abbasids were a rival clan to the Umayyads
  • 750

    Umayyads control the region of Spain

  • 756

    Abd al-

    Rahman, last Umayyad prince takes over Muslim Spain
  • 912

    Abd al- Rahman III assumes power

    • He rebels against Arab leaders who had been challenging the authority of the Umayyad dynasty
  • 928

    Abd al- Rahman III proclaimed himself caliph

    Abd al-
    Rahman III
    proclaimed himself
    caliph
  • 933

    All of Muslim Spain united under Abd al-Rahman III

    All of
    Muslim Spain
    united under Abd
    al-Rahman III
  • 1000

    30 volume medical encyclopedia produced

  • 1258

    Mongols kill the last Abbasid caliph

    Mongols
    invaded Baghdad
    ending the Abbasid
    reign
  • Period: 1290 to 1330

    Ottomans (Turkish Muslims)

    Ottomans
    (Turkish
    Muslims) start
    opposing
    Byzantine
    controlled cities
  • 1443

    Ottomans end Byzantine Empire with takeover of Constantinople

    Ottomans
    end Byzantine
    Empire with
    takeover of
    Constantinople
  • Period: 1520 to 1566

    Height of Ottoman power

  • 1526

    Mughal empire invades India

    The Mughals conquered North and Central India
  • 1556

    Akbar the Great comes to power -

    This created a Golden Age for Muslim India
  • Period: to

    Peak of Safavid Empire

  • Period: to

    Peak of Mughal Empire

    Led by Akbar the Great's
    grandson, Shah
    Jahan

  • Afghan warriors invade and end Safavid empire

  • Last Mughal Emperor exiled

    This happened
    when the British
    gained control of
    India

  • End of the Ottoman Empire

    long reigns and
    success attributed
    to religious
    tolerance