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570
Muhammad is born.
This is Important because he is the last prophet of Islam. He was born in Mecca the heart of the Islamic faith. -
Jan 1, 610
The Angel Gabriel visits Muhammad.
This is important because its the beginning of the Islamic religion. Everything that was told to Muhammmad was written down in their holy book called the Quran -
Jan 1, 622
Muhammad goes on his Hijrah escaping murder.
He goes to Yathrib in Mecca where they embrace the Islamic religion. He stays there for many years teaching Islam. This is Important because the Islamic faith is being spread out farther. -
Jan 1, 630
Muhammad amd an army of Muslims return to Mecca and take control of the city.
This is important because it become the heart of the Islamic religion -
Jan 1, 632
Abu Bakr is selected to be the 1st Rightly Guided Caliph after Muhammad's death.
This is important because Abu Bakr is expected to teach what Muhammad taught spreading Islam. He is the first successor from the holy prophet. -
Jan 1, 634
Umar becomes the 2nd Rightly Guided Caliph.
He expands the empire into Upper Egypt and Syria -
Jan 1, 644
Uthman becomes the 3rd Rightly Guided Caliph.
He conqured Iran and spread Islam into Northern Africa. He was killed later by a rebel group. -
Jan 1, 656
Ali, Muhammads nephew, is elected to be the 4th Rightly Guided Caliph.
It's important because his death caused a permanet spilt in Islam. This made the empire weak and easy to take over. -
Jan 1, 661
Umayyads took power over Muslim Empire.
This was important because it was the final split in Islam from the Sunni and the Shi'a. The Umayyads were Sunni -
Jan 1, 710
Umayyads have control over Northern Africa and the Iberian Penninsula
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Jan 1, 732
Battle Of Tours.
This caused the Muslims to stop expanding towards the Byzantine Empire -
Jan 1, 750
Abbasids kill leaders of the Umayyad Empire and take over.
Empire is split into eastern and western halves. -
Jan 1, 756
One Umayyad leader escapes the Abbasid attack.
It's important becaues he went on to Cordoba and made himself Caliph spreading Islam there. He split the Empire into western and eastern halves. -
Jan 1, 762
Abbasids move the capital of the empire to Baghdad
This means that Damascus is no longer the captial of the Muslim Empire and it's economy decreases. -
Jan 1, 1055
Turks attack Empire and succeed taking over the empire.
They left the Abbasid's current ruler -
Jan 1, 1090
The Muslims threatened the Byzantine Empire.
They win and they expand into there empire -
Jan 1, 1240
The surviving Umayyaed empire is in decline
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Jan 1, 1258
Mongols take over Baghdad.
The Abbasid ruler is killed. The Abbasids die with him -
Jan 1, 1300
The Ottoman Empire was formed.
The Muslim empire is lived on through the Ottomans and other Muslim Empires. -
Baghdad is a prosperous city
It was important during The Golden Age for the Muslisms. Baghdad was a valued trade center for the Muslim empire and other empires. -
Fatmids attack and controlled most of the Northern Africa.
They were a threat to the Abbasids rule
