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570
Birth of the Prophet Muhammad
I decided to put the birth of Muhammad because this is a very important event to the Islamic culture.He is the last and final messenger of Allah, to guide humanity. He unified Arabia and people consider him the founder of Islam -
Jan 15, 622
Migration of Muhammad and his followers to Medina
Muhammad and his followers migrated from Mecca to Medina to avoid perscution for his religion. The people of Mecca did not approve the religion. This migration is callled the Hijra, and it is now celebrated annually as the first day of the Muslim calender. -
Mar 18, 632
Muhammad dies
I put Muhammad passing away on my timeline because I felt it was important because a leader of a religion has died. His followers continued and spread the religion, but Muhammad wasn't there to see his religion continue. -
Apr 16, 632
Five Pillars of Islam
The five pillars of Islam are;
1) Testimony of faith.
2) Pray 5 times a day
3) Charity
4) Fasting during Ramadan5) Making Pilgrimage to Mecca
These "rules" are very important to the Muslim culture because these are the rules given to them by God, like the 10 commancdents of God in the Christian culture. It was makes the Muslim and it lets them live important Muslim lives. -
May 14, 650
The Quran
I included the Quran in my timeline because it is very important to Muslim culutre, as the bible is important to the Christians and Catholics. The Quran is the word of God. Muslim's also believe in the word of other holy books as well. They learn many things from the Quran, as in the morals of being a Muslim. They follow this book and it is part of their religion. -
Period: Jan 14, 661 to Oct 31, 750
Umayyad Caliphate rules from Damascus
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Dec 14, 750
Beginning of Abbasid Caliphate
The Abbasid Caliphate is very important as it was founded by descendants of the Prophet Muhammad. They rose when the Umayyad Dynasty ended. Their rule was considered the Islamic Golden Age, because of the science, literature etc that emerged from that time period. -
Apr 25, 1099
First crusade captures Jerusalem
The crusades were an expedition of the Roman Catholic Europe to recapture the holy land from the Muslims and to get rid of the islamic faith. The first crusade to Jerusalem, a land in which the Christian's hadn't had power for many years, masscared a large amount of the city. And captured it. -
Aug 18, 1171
Fall of Fatimid Egypt
the strength of a dynasty that showed up in Egypt with great power ended slowly. Some of the people under the rule of the Fatimids declared independance of them and there were invaisions from other places. The crusades did a number on the dynasty, shrinking it drastically. Their poltical structure started to diminish, and in 1171 the dynasty finally fell. -
Jul 14, 1206
The Delhi Sultanate
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Period: Apr 17, 1312 to Apr 17, 1337
Mansa Musa
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Period: Feb 3, 1324 to Feb 3, 1325
Mansa Musa's Pilgrimage
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Fatimids conquer Egypt
The Faitimids came into Egypt after the fall of the Ikhshdid dynasty and took control.When they invaded Egypt they were at their strongest point. They'd tried to invade before but they hadn't suceeded.They were very strong considering they had a massive army. When they captured Egypt, it moves from the eastern to westren caliphate. -
The end of the Abbasid Caliphate
The entire dynasty lasted only 500 years before being wiped out by the Mongols as many other places. The dynasty had been long over before it finally was destroyed, they have no power for a very long time. Their empire was shaky, as most where during that era, and they couldn't keep it together. -
Period: to May 3, 642
Conquets of Egypt by Arabs
