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Period: Jan 22, 632 to Jan 22, 661
Caliphs
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Jun 8, 632
Death of Muhammad
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Sep 23, 632
Rule of Abu Bakr
632-634
First Caliph -
Jan 22, 634
Rule of Umar
634-644
Second Caliph -
Jan 22, 644
Rule of Uthman
644-656
Third Caliph -
Period: Jan 22, 661 to Jan 22, 750
Umayyad Dynasty
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Jan 23, 711
Muslims Enter Spain
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Jan 22, 732
Defeat at Battle of Tours
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Jan 22, 750
Damascus Captured
Discontented Muslims found a leader in Abu al-Abbas, who captured Damascus. -
Period: Jan 22, 750 to Jan 22, 1258
Abbassid Dynasty
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Jan 22, 1099
Christian Crusaders Capture Jerusalem
after a long and bloody seige -
Jan 22, 1187
Salah al-Din ousted Christians from Jerusalem
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Jan 22, 1258
Mongols Come In
Hulagu, grandson of Genghiz, burned and looted Baghdad. The Mongols adopted Islam. -
Seljuk Turks Migrated into the Middle East
