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632
Muhammad Dies
He was 62 when he died -
661
Ali is assassinated
He was a political leader and a successor to Muhammad. He was also the religious leader of the Muslims. -
711
Muslims enter Spain
The Muslim army crossed the straight of Gibraltar and pushed north into France -
732
Muslim army defeated
The army was defeated at the battle of Tors. The advance into western Europe halted. -
750
The Abbasids take over rule from the Umayyads
The long rule over the area stopped -
850
The rule over Spain, Egypt and elsewhere split up
Abbysid control over the Arab empire fragmented. Civil wars erupted and Shiit rulers took over the empires -
900
The Turks migrated
They migrated from the middle east to central Asia and adopted Islam and built a large empire across the Fertile crescent -
1055
Seljuk controlled Baghdad
Seljuk Sultan left the Abbasid Caliph as a figure head. As they progressed they threatened the Byzantine. -
1095
First crusade occurred
Reports of Seljuk interference in Jerusalem lead Pope Urban the second to call for the first crusade.
