Map

Spread of Islam

By katherine_davidson
  • Period: Jan 22, 632 to Jan 22, 661

    Caliphs

  • Death of Muhammad
    Jun 8, 632

    Death of Muhammad

  • Rule of Abu Bakr
    Sep 23, 632

    Rule of Abu Bakr

    632-634
    First Caliph
  • Rule of Umar
    Jan 22, 634

    Rule of Umar

    634-644
    Second Caliph
  • Rule of Uthman
    Jan 22, 644

    Rule of Uthman

    644-656
    Third Caliph
  • Period: Jan 22, 661 to Jan 22, 750

    Umayyad Dynasty

  • Muslims Enter Spain
    Jan 23, 711

    Muslims Enter Spain

  • Defeat at Battle of Tours
    Jan 22, 732

    Defeat at Battle of Tours

  • 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

  • Christian Crusaders Capture Jerusalem
    Jan 22, 1099

    Christian Crusaders Capture Jerusalem

    after a long and bloody seige
  • Salah al-Din ousted Christians from Jerusalem
    Jan 22, 1187

    Salah al-Din ousted Christians from Jerusalem

  • Mongols Come In
    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

    Seljuk Turks Migrated into the Middle East