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Birth of founder, Muhammad, in Mecca
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Muhammad enters cave to meditate and hears angel Gabriel tell him to preach God's word.
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Muhammad and followers leave for Yathrib under threat of death. The city is later named Medina and this marks the first year on the Muslim calendar.
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Muhammad dies following returning to Mecca and uniting the mojority of Arabs under one god.
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The Umayyad family orders assination of Ali (Muhammads son-in-law and fourth caliph) and his son. They instate a dynasty over the Muslim world, controlling in theh city of Damascus.
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Unhappy Muslims, led by Abu al-Abbas, capture Damascus and murder entire Umayyad family. Abbasid Dynasty created and capital moved to Baghdad.
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Muslims enjoy peak of their empire under the rule of Harun al-Rashid.
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Many individual states, civil wars and invasions cause the caliphs power to fail.
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Around the 900s, an huge immigration of Turks occured in the Muslim world. They soon adopted Islam and took control over the empire through a sultan in Baghdad.
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Interferecnce of the Turks with traveling Christians caused Pope to declare the First Crusade.
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Christian forces take the holy city from Muslims
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Mulism forces claim victory over Christian forces and reoccupy Jerusalem under command of Salah al-Din.
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Christians are able to deafeat Islamic forces and gain control of Jerusalem again.
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Mongols burn and loot Baghdad. Then they soon adopted Islam as well.
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Muslim forces are deafeated and Spain is reconquered by Christians.