islam timeline

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  • 570

    Muhammad Born

  • 602

    Muhammad's First Religious Experience

  • 612

    Muhammad Begins Preaching

  • 622

    Muhammad flees Yathrib

    Yathrib is later
    renamed Medina, this
    date is the beginning
    of the Muslim
    calendar
  • 627

    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
  • 711

    Muslims conquer Spain for the first time

  • 749

    Umayyads control the region of Spain

  • 750

    Abbasids overthrow Umayyads

    Abbasids were a
    rival clan to the
    Umayyads
  • 755

    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
  • 1330

    Ottomans (Turkish Muslims) start opposing Byzantine controlled cities

  • 1453

    Ottomans end Byzantine Empire with takeover of Constantinople

  • 1520

    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

  • Peak of Safavid Empire

  • 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