Islamic Golden Age

By harlowmaeve08
  • 570

    Muhammad's Birth

    Muhammad was born in 570, in the city of Mecca
  • 610

    The birth of Islam

    Islam is starting up and Muhammad recieves the first revalations of the Quran.
  • 622

    Hijrah

    Muhammad and his followers move to Medina to escape persecution in Mecca. This migration becomes known as the "Hijrah".
  • 630

    Muhammad's Return

    Muhammad returns to Mecca and gains control. Mecca becomes the center of the Islamic world.
  • 632

    Muhammad's Death

    Muhammad dies and Abu Bakr takes his place as leader of Islam faith. He is the first of the four "Rightly Guided" Caliphs. This also marks the start of the Rashidun Caliphate.
  • 634

    Umar

    Umar becomes the seccond Caliph. The Islamic Empire expands during his rule to include most of the Middle East including Iraq, Egypt, Syria, and part of North Africa.
  • 644

    Uthman

    Uthman becomes the thrid Caliph. He creates the standardized version Quran.
  • 656

    Ali Bin

    Ali Bin becomes the fourth Caliph.
  • Period: 661 to 750

    Umayyad Caliphate

    The Umayyad Caliphate take over after Ali is assianated. They move the capital city to Damascus.
  • Period: 661 to 750

    Umayyad Caliphate

    The Umayyad Caliphate takes control after Ali is assinated. They move the capital to Damascus.
  • 680

    Hussien

    Hussien, Ali's son, is killed at Karbala.
  • 692

    The Dome of Rock

    The Dome of Rock is completed in Jerusalem.
  • 711

    Muslims from Morroco

    Muslims enter Spain from Morroco. They will eventually take control of most of the lberian Peninsula.
  • 732

    Battle of Tours

    The Islamic army pushes into France until they are defeaated by Charles Martel at the Battle of Tours.
  • Period: 750 to 1258

    Abbasid Caliphate

    The Abbasid Caliphate takes control and builds a new capital city called Baghdad. The Islamic Empire experinces a scientific and artistic acheivement that later will be called The Golden Age of Islam.
  • Period: 750 to 1258

    Abbasid Caliphate

    The Abbasid Caliphate takes control and builds a new capital city called Baghdad. The Islamic Empire experinces a period of scentific and artistic acheivement that will later be called the Golden Age of Islam.
  • 780

    Al-Khwarizimi, Father of Algebra

    Ali-Khwarzimi, mathmatician and scientist, is born. He is known as the "Father of Algebra".
  • 972

    Al-Azhar University

    Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt is founded.
  • 1025

    Ibn Sina and The Canon of Medicine

    Ibn Sina completes his book about medicine called "The Canon of Medicine". It becomes the textbook throughout Europe and the Middle East for centuries.
  • 1048

    Omar Khayyam

    Famous poet and scientist Omar Khayyam is born.
  • 1099

    First Crusade

    Christian armies recapture Jerusalem during the First Crusade.
  • 1187

    Saladin

    Saladin retakes the city of Jerusalem.
  • 1258

    The Mongol Army

    The Mongol Army sacks the city of Baghdad, destroying most of the city and killing the Caliph.
  • Period: 1261 to 1517

    Mamluks

    The Abbasid Caliphate establishes the Caliphate in Cairo, Egypt. They have religous authority, but the Mamluks have military and political power.
  • Period: 1312 to 1337

    Mansa Musa

    Mansa Musa was one of the greatest kings of Africa. He doubled the size of the Mali kingdom. On his pigrimage to Mecca, he gave some of his gold away to every person he saw. He was the last powerful ruler of Mali.
  • 1325

    Ibn Battuta

    Famous Muslim traveler Ibn Battuta begins his travels.
  • 1349

    Ibn Battuta

    Mansa Musa's goverment system was so successful that famous writer Ibn Battua, found "complete and general saftey" in the land of Mali even twelve years after Musa's death.
  • 1359

    The divsion of a kingdom

    22 years after Musa's death, was divided by civil war. The nearby kingdom Songhai, was growing more powerful.
  • 1453

    The end of the Byzantine Empire

    The Ottoman Empire takes over the city of Constantinople bringing an end to the Byzantine Empire.
  • 1464

    Sunni Ali

    The Songhai leader Sunni Ali captured Timbuktu.
  • 1492

    Granada

    After being pushed back for hundreds of years, the last Islamic stronghold in Spain is defeated at Granada.
  • Period: 1517 to

    The Ottoman Empire

    The Ottoman Empire conquers Egypt and claims the Caliphate.
  • 1526

    The Mughal Empire

    The Mughal Empire is established in India.
  • 1529

    Siege of Vienna

    The Ottoman Empire is defeated at the Siege of Vienna stopping the advance of the Ottomans into Europe.

  • Taj Mahal

    The Taj Mahal, a tomb for the wife of the Mughal emperor, is completed in India.

  • Abolition of the Caliphate

    The Caliphate is abolished by Mustafa Ataturk, the first President of Turkey.