Islamic History Aidan Sebesta

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  • 570

    Mohamed was born

    Mohamed was born
    He was born in Mecca to a poor merchant.
  • Period: 570 to

    History of Islam

  • Mar 3, 610

    Mohamed's first revelation

    Mohamed's first revelation
    This took place at Mt. Hira a mountain neer Mecca
  • Mar 5, 622

    The year of Hijra

    Muhamed and his muslim followers move from Mecca to Medina
  • Mar 4, 630

    Muhamed takes control of Mecca

    Muhamed takes control of Mecca
    Muhamed takes an army to Mecca and conqurs it he then goes to the city center and removes anll gods and replaces them with one god Allah
  • Mar 4, 633

    Muhamed the prophet dies

    Muhamed the prophet dies
  • Mar 5, 641

    Muslims enter Egypt

    Muslims enter Egypt
    When they entered they defeated the Byzantine army. They consider this freeing oppresed people becasue most in Egypt were under forced rule.
  • Mar 16, 655

    Islam begins to spread through North Africa

    Islam begins to spread through North Africa
  • Mar 16, 661

    Imam Ali is killed

    This event brought the end of the line of "righeous caliphs'
  • Mar 16, 711

    Muslims enter Spain and India

    Muslims enter Spain and India
    Eventually almost all of the Iberian Peninsula is under Islamic control
  • Mar 16, 732

    Muslims are defeated at Potiers in France by Charles Martel

    Muslims are defeated at Potiers in France by Charles Martel
  • Mar 16, 750

    The Abbasids take over rule from the Umayyds

    This event changed the center of power to Baghdad
  • Mar 17, 1000

    Isalm continues to spread through Africa and Nigeria

  • Mar 17, 1095

    Pope Urban II tells Christians that their faith is being attacked

    Pope Urban II tells Christians that their faith is being attacked
    He sumons the first Crusade to fight Islam and take back the holy city
  • Mar 16, 1099

    Crusaders take Jersulum from the Muslims

  • Mar 16, 1120

    Isalm spreads through Asia

    Isalm spreads through Asia
    Muslims taught Malasyian traders about Islam
  • Mar 17, 1297

    The death of the first Musim leader in Sumantra

  • Mar 16, 1299

    The first Ottaman state is formed in Anatolia, Turkey.

  • Mar 17, 1361

    The Ottomans take over Andrinople and establish it as the capital

  • Mar 16, 1453

    Ottamans conquere the Byzantine capital Caonstantinople and change its name to Istanbul

    Ottamans conquere the Byzantine capital Caonstantinople and change its name to Istanbul

  • Muslims enter "Sham"

    Muslims enter "Sham"
    This area includes Syria,Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq.

  • Harun al-Rashid becomes Khalifa.

    Under his rule the hieght of Abisid rule occured.

  • The first shiite dynasty

    The first shiite dynasty
    This dynasty was known as the Idrisid dynasty and was founded by Idris I

  • The death of Rabi'ah al-Adawiyyah

    She was an important Sufi teacher and poet.

  • The death of Harun al-Rashid

    Al-Amin became the kalif after his dad's death