Muslim Expansion Timeline: Third Period

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  • Period: 570 to Mar 6, 632

    Muhammad's life

  • Period: Mar 6, 632 to Mar 6, 661

    Rightly Guided Caliphs

    Abu Bakr, uncle: 632-634
    Umar, friend: 634-644
    Uthman, son-in-law: 644-656
    Ali, first cousin/son-in-law: 656-661
  • Period: Mar 6, 661 to Mar 6, 750

    Umayyad dynasty

    Made Damascus, Syria the capital
    Expanded to North Africa, Spain, and some of India
  • Period: Mar 6, 750 to Mar 6, 1258

    Abbasid Dynasty

    Founded by Abu al-Abbas
    Moved the capital to Baghdad
    Persian influences
    Focused on trade, scholarship, and the arts
  • Period: Mar 6, 1055 to Mar 6, 1258

    Seljuk Turks Rule

    Abbasid Caliph; Seljuk's controlled military and the government
    Introduced the term Sultan
    Took over Baghdad in 1055; ruled over Iran and Turkey
  • Period: Mar 6, 1200 to

    Ottoman Empire

    In the 1200s, Ottoman Empire began in NW corner of Asia Minor
    Suleyman I was the greatest ruler
    Collapsed at the end of WWI
  • Period: Mar 6, 1300 to Mar 6, 1400

    Timbuktu becomes leading center of Muslim learning

    Sufis: spent their time preaching and teaching Islam; they won many followers throughout the Arab empire
  • Mar 6, 1453

    Fall of the Byzantine Empire

    Mehmed the Conquerer sacks Constantinople, renames it Istanbul
  • Period: Mar 6, 1500 to

    Mogul Empire

    Babur is going to begin the Empire, his grandson Akbar will be the greatest leader
    Under Akbar trade increased
    Akbar was culturally diverse and allowed people of all faiths to practiced what they believed
  • Mar 6, 1526

    Moguls Conquer India

    Delhi is the capital of the empire