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Abu-Bakr
Abu-Bakr was born in mecca.He was muhammads closest companion, Muhammad was also married to his daughter. He was his companion on his journey to medina, -
Nov 12, 610
Gabriel speaks To Muhammad
The prophet Muhammad recieved a message from the angel Gabriel callling Muhammad to be messenger of god. He also urged arabs to give up idol worship and sumbit to one god. Islam means sumbmission. -
Jun 13, 622
Muhammads Hijra
Muhammad had few followers initially. Merchants in Mecca did not want to reject their gods or stob arrabs from traveling to mecca. fearing his life muhammad flees to medina. -
Jun 8, 632
Muhammads Death
Muhammad died in 632 but he had not yet named a sucessor. people thought that the closest surviving blood should be next ruler. They elected 3 of Muhammads most trusted companions. -
Nov 12, 656
Ali
Ali was the first caliph. He reigned many of the empires through its difficult times. They considered his style the islamic code of law. -
Nov 8, 661
The Umayyad Dynasty
The umayyad dynasty began in 661 C.E. Umayyad came to power and chose Mu'hawya as the fifth caliph. Mu'awiya ruled at a time where muslims fought about their natures government, Thereforey , the Umayyads were the first dynasty to rule the islamic empire. -
Aug 11, 750
Fall of Umayyad dynasty
The umayyad dynasty started having many problems when they started opposing their rulers .The abbassids brought down the umayyads down in 750 and killed many umayyads family members, -
Feb 12, 1005
House of Wisdom
The house of wisdom was basically a library, Many prophets when their to make their teachings. It was pretty useful. -
Oct 9, 1096
First Crusade
The First Crusade was an attempt to re-capture Jerusalem. The muslims captured jerusalem. Constantinople played a big role and he also feared his place will be taken over of. -
Aug 12, 1250
abassids Move capital of islamic empire
this eastward shift allowed some independent dynasties to form in the west.The umayyad empire form apart from the main abassid empire.The capital was moved to bahgdad. -
May 21, 1258
Rise Of Abassids
The persian arab coalition challenged the umayyad dynasty. The abassids seized power over muslim lands. They moved their capital toBaghdad. -
Dec 1, 1259
Fall of abassids
It brought the abassids conflict with the chinese. chinese and muslim fought in central asia at the battle of talas. the muslim army was victorious. -
Split of Shuni and Shia
The split of the Suni and shia was a very violent time. what separates these two is the question of who would be a more sucessful leader after muhammads death. Both of these practiced muslim yet they practiced it differently.
