Spread Of Islam

By SydRock11
  • Oct 5, 632

    632

    Muhammad Dies
  • Sep 28, 661

    661

    Ali became the fourth caliph but was assassinated in 661
  • Sep 28, 711

    711

    The Muslims enter Spain and then make there way into France
  • Sep 28, 732

    732

    Muslims were defeated in the battle of Tours. The spread into the Western Europe has been paused
  • Sep 28, 750

    750

    Umayyad family set up dynasty that ruled the Islamic world until 750
  • Sep 28, 850

    850

    Abbassid control over the Arab empire fragmented
  • Sep 28, 900

    900s

    Seljuk Turks migrated into the Middle East from Central Asia,
  • Sep 28, 1055

    1055

    Seljuk sultan or authority controlled Baghdad, but he left the Abbassid caliph as a figurehead
  • Oct 5, 1095

    1095

    Reports of Seljuk interference with Christian pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem led Pope Urban II to call for the first crusade
  • Oct 5, 1099

    1099

    After a long and bloody siege, Christian crusaders captured Jerusalem
  • Oct 5, 1187

    1187

    Muslim general Salah al-Di, or Saladin, ousted Christians from Jerusalem.
  • Oct 5, 1216

    1216

    Genghiz Khan led the Mongols out of Centeral Asia across Persia and Mesopotamia
  • Sep 28, 1258

    1258

    Abu Alabbas then founded the Abbassid dynasty which lasted until 1258
  • Oct 5, 1300

    1300s

    Mongol Leader, Timur the Lame, led his armies into the Middle East.
  • Sep 28, 1492

    1492

    Seize the last Muslim stronghold.
  • Oct 5, 1520

    1520

    Suleiman becomes ruler of the Ottoman empire.