Islam Timeline

By not_elian
  • 570

    Muhammad Born

  • 600

    Muhammad Begins Preaching

  • 608

    Muhammad's First Religious Experience

  • 622

    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

  • 632

    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
  • 709

    Muslims conquer Spain for the first time

  • 750

    Abbasids overthrow Umayyads

    • Abbasids were a rival clan to the Umayyads
  • 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
  • 929

    Abd al-Rahman III proclaimed himself caliph

  • 933

    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) start opposing Byzantine controlled cities

  • 1453

    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
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    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