Islamic Timeline

  • Mongol Army destroys Baghdad
    1258 BCE

    Mongol Army destroys Baghdad

  • Saladin retakes Jerusalem
    1187 BCE

    Saladin retakes Jerusalem

  • Christian armies recapture Jerusalem
    1099 BCE

    Christian armies recapture Jerusalem

  • Omar Khayyam is born
    1048 BCE

    Omar Khayyam is born

  • Ibn Sina completes encyclopedia
    1025 BCE

    Ibn Sina completes encyclopedia

  • Al-Azhar is founded
    972 BCE

    Al-Azhar is founded

  • Al-Khwarizmi is born
    780 BCE

    Al-Khwarizmi is born

  • Abbasid Caliphate takes control
    750 BCE

    Abbasid Caliphate takes control

  • Army pushes into France
    732 BCE

    Army pushes into France

  • Muslims enter Spain
    711 BCE

    Muslims enter Spain

  • The Dome of the Rock
    692 BCE

    The Dome of the Rock

  • Hussein is killed
    680 BCE

    Hussein is killed

  • Umayyad Caliph takes control
    661 BCE

    Umayyad Caliph takes control

  • Ali bin Talib becomes fourth Caliph
    656 BCE

    Ali bin Talib becomes fourth Caliph

  • Uthman becomes third Caliph
    644 BCE

    Uthman becomes third Caliph

  • Umar becomes second Caliph
    634 BCE

    Umar becomes second Caliph

  • Muhammad dies
    632 BCE

    Muhammad dies

  • Muhammad--Mecca, gains control
    630 BCE

    Muhammad--Mecca, gains control

  • Move to Medina
    622 BCE

    Move to Medina

  • The religion: Islam, begins
    610 BCE

    The religion: Islam, begins

  • Muhammad born in Mecca
    570 BCE

    Muhammad born in Mecca