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Period: 570 to Sep 13, 632
Life of Muhammad
Muhammad was born in Mecca 570 A.D. He made his first revelation in 610 A.D. He had too leave to Medina in 622 A.D because officials were persecuting him. Later, he was welcome back to Mecca after Islam became the regional religion. He died in 632 A.D. -
Period: Sep 18, 632 to Aug 11, 661
Era of Rightly Guided Caliphs
Era in which relatives of muhammad became caliphs, successor to the the messenger of god. There was only 4 caliphs, and the last caliph died, Ali, died in 661. -
Period: Nov 11, 633 to Nov 11, 644
Muslim coquest of Persia
The arab Muslims took advantage of the weak Sassanid and invaded most of the Persian territory.After several years of fighting, the Sassanid empire fell and the muslims took over. -
Period: Nov 12, 656 to
civil war; emergence of Sunni/Shi'a split
This dispute started after the death of muhammad and they had different ideas of who should be the leader. The Shi'a think they had to be blood relatives of muhammad and the Sunnis think the next leader should be voted. These ideas started fights and later, revolts. With that the civl war started, and they became two seperate civilizations. -
Period: Nov 12, 657 to Nov 12, 750
umayyad caliphate
Became the first Muslim civilization. It reached spain and took over much of Europe's eastern land. The abbasid empire replaced them after government diputes and wars -
Period: Nov 12, 711 to
Conquest of spain
The muslims seet out
to conquer Spain. The spanish peasants took them in. -
Period: Nov 12, 750 to Nov 12, 1258
Abbasid Caliphate
The Abbasid caliphate replaced the Umayyad caliphate. They were an advanced islamic civilization, but were overpowered seljuk -
Nov 12, 756
baghdad established as capital of the Abbasid Caliphate
Baghdad came to be the capital of the abbasid caliphate because of its population and marketplace. -
Nov 12, 1099
Crusaders seize jerusalem
Christian crusaders set out to conquer jerusalem. They used physical force against the jews. -
Nov 12, 1206
Delhi Sultanate established in India
The sultan iltumish created an islam kingdom india in 1206. -
Nov 12, 1258
Mongols sack Baghdad; Formal end of Abbasid Caliphate
The Mongols invaded Baghdad and cause the Abbasid caliphate to fall. -
Feb 18, 1324
Mansa Musa pilgrimage to mecca
Mansa Musa, king of Mali, made a pilgrimage to Mecca in which he picked up some culture. He made Islam the prominent religion of Mali. -
May 29, 1453
Ottoman Empire conquers Constantinople; end of the Byzantine empire
The Ottoman empire sended out an army to invade constantinople, causing the Byzantine to fall. -
Jul 24, 1491
Crhistian re-conquest of Spain
Christian crusades took back spain from the muslims by fighting them. -
Apr 21, 1526
Mughal Empire established in India
Empire established by a Persianate dynasty -
Period: to Nov 12, 1002
Emergence of Sufism
Sufism started to become popular and many people followed it. It soon died out.