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610 BCE
Mohammed receives messages from god
The profit Mohammed saw god on mount hira and received messages from him, later these messages became the holy text, or the Quran. -
661
Umayyad Dynasty Begins
The Umayyad dynasty begins, with the first ruler names Sufyanids and he ruled until 684. They established Arabic as there official language and were the first big dynasty, aslo built the dome of the rock. -
750
Umayyad Dynasty End
They got ended by the Abbasids and they were descended from an uncle of Muhammad. Seeing the Umayyads were weak, they declared a revolt in 747. With the help of a coalition of Persians, Iraqis, and Shīʿites at the Battle of the Great Zab River in 750. -
750
Abbasid Dynasty
Abbasid dynasty begins, first leader was named Harun Al Rashid, Religious intolerant society, women lose rights had many achievements in science and astronomy -
1258
Abbasid dynasty ends
The Abbasids largely ended with the rise of the Buyids and the Seljuq Turks in 1258 CE. Though lacking in political power, the dynasty continued to claim authority in religious matters until after the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in 1517 -
Ottoman Empire gets split up
Ottomans choose the central powers and Germany during WW1 so when they lost it was the start of the other counties wanting the central powers to pay them back so they had to give some of there land, then if was officially gone in 1922 when the title of Ottoman Sultan was eliminated. -
Holocaust begins
Was a state wide sponsored killing and rounding up of all jewish people. Most of the killings were in concentration camps, 6 million jewish people died in poland germany and all over europe this lead to people fighting for the creation of jerusalem. -
Israel becomes a nation
Israel is know for holding the city Jerusalem which is regarded by many as the biblical holy city in many different religions. Many people hated the idea of Israel and thought Arabs should get some say and get there or nation too. -
6 day war
This was a war between Arabs and Israeli people. The Israeli people seized the Gaza strip, Golan heights, west bank, and the sinai peninsula. The war lasted 6 days and the Israelis came out victorious. -
Syrian Civil war starts
This war started with people complaining about lack of freedom, high unemployment and corruption. The war is fought by the Syrian Arab Republic led by Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and various domestic and foreign forces that oppose both the Syrian government and each other. -
Ghouta Chemical Weapon Attack
The Assad regime released a nerve agent sarin on its own people in the Ghouta district of Damascus, killing more than 1,400 Syrians, many of them children. -
Iran Signed Nuclear deal with US
The US signed this deal to limit Iran's nuclear usage. Iran had to get rid of 98% of its uranium. they also reduce by about two-thirds the number of its gas centrifuges for 13 years. US also does routine inspections to see if Iran holds up too there side of the deal.