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prophet muhammad was born
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Muhammad hears the voice of the angel gabriel calling to him to be the messenger of God.
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muhammad journeys from meca to yathrib, an event that marks the rise of islam. the quran is the sacred book of islam.
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Muhammad returns in triumph to Mecca and destroys the idols in the Kaaba.
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Muslim armies take fertile crescent, Norht African Coast, parts of Persian and Byzantine Empires.
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Muslims enter Egypt and rout the Byzantine army. Muslims feel liberated.
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islam is beginning to spread throughout parts of North Africa.
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Iman Ali is killed bringing an end to the four righteaus caliphs. marks begining of the umayyad role.
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conquests slowed and economic tensions increased.
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Muslims enter Spain in the west and India in the East. Eventually almost the entire liberian Pennisula is under Islamic control.
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at the battle of Tours, the muslim advance into Europe is stopped.
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Abu al-Abbas establishes the Abbassid dynasty. Over the next several centuries, muslim merchant ships travel around the Abbassid empire and beyond.
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Kilwa, Sofala, and other east african port cities thrive on trade.
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Pope urban II calls for a holy war against the Turks. This is the first crusade.
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Sultan of Ghur defeated Hindu armies across northern plain. His successors organized a sultanate. Marked the start of muslim rule in northern India.
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Islam continues to spread through Asia making Islam a world religion.
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Mongols invade syria.
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Crusades are finished, Ottoman Empire expanding. Eventually western Christians would keep Ottoman forces out of central Europe.
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Tamer lane invaded invaded India. He plundered the northern plain and smashed into Delhi.
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Ottomans conquer the Byzantine seat and change constantinople to Istanbul.
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The Safavid dynasty had united a strong empire in Persia.
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Sultan Sulayman was responsible for bring the Ottoman empire its territorial possessions as well as cultural, religious and political prestige.
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Turkish and Mongol invaders again poured through the mountain passes in India.
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Suleiman beseiged the Austrian city.
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Abkar the Great reigned during this time. It was known as the golden age of the Moghul empire. Ended with the disastrous wars of Aurangzib.
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Abbas the great centralized the government and created a powerful military force.
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A new dynasty, the Oajars won control of Iran.
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Sunni Afghans rebelled. They defeated imperial armies, captured Isfahan, and forced last Safavid ruler to abdicate.
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The sepoy Rebellion of India. During the British colonization of India there was a mutiny of the native troops known as "sepoys".
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Muslims enter the area Norht of Arabia known as "Sham". Including syria, Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq.
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Abbassid control over the Arab empire fragmented.
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city of Baghdad reached its peak under the reign of caliph harun al-rashid.
