The World of Islam Timeline

  • Period: Jan 1, 600 to Jan 1, 1500

    Timeline

  • Jan 1, 630

    Muhammad returns to Makkah

  • Jan 1, 635

    The Quran is compiled

  • Jan 1, 661

    Umayyads establish Islamic Empire

  • Jan 1, 732

    Arab forces defeated at the Battle of Tours

  • Jan 1, 1187

    Saladin's army invades Jerusalem

  • Jan 1, 1258

    Mongols capture Baghdad

  • Jan 1, 1382

    Ibn-Khaldun teaches at university in Cairo

  • Great Mosque of Samarra built

  • Arab scholars work at the House of Wisdom