The Rise Of The Umayyads

  • Jan 1, 654

    utman was assassinated

  • Period: Jan 1, 656 to Jan 1, 661

    sunni/shia resulted in the first muslim civil war

  • Jan 1, 661

    ali was assassinated

  • Jan 1, 661

    mu'awiyah established himself as the first umayyad caliph 661

  • Jan 1, 661

    mu'awiyah established himself as the first umayyad caliph

  • Period: Jan 1, 661 to Jan 1, 750

    muslim empire expanded

  • Period: Jan 1, 661 to Jan 1, 750

    umayyads ruled muslim empire

  • Period: Jan 1, 674 to Jan 1, 678

    the romans stopped islamic attacks against constantinople

  • Jan 1, 685

    caliph in 685 solved language problems by declaring arabic official language across the empire

  • Jan 1, 711

    armies atacked the straits of gibraltar in spain

  • Jan 1, 711

    the umayyads moved across the strait of gibraltar and conquered the iberian peninsula

  • Jan 1, 717

    the romans stopped islamic attacks against constantinople

  • Jan 1, 732

    charles martel, grandfather of charlemagne turned back a series of islamic raids into france at the battle of tours

  • Jan 1, 751

    arabs won a great battle against chinese