Unit 1. The beginning of the Middle Ages and Islam By rocio_redondo Period: 200 to 599 Germanic invasions 476 The fall of the Roman Empire Period: 500 to 999 Other invasions 507 Battle of Vovillé 601 Muslims conquered part of the Byzantine 610 Muhammad news 620 Muhammad was expelled from Mecca 630 Muhammad formed an army 632 Death of Muhammad Period: 661 to 750 The umayy Period: 717 to 741 Iconoclastic war Period: 749 to 1258 The abbasid caliphate 1054 The Great Schism Division of the Church (Catholics and Orthodox) 1201 The crisis of the caliphate 1453 Conquest of Constantinople 1453 Lost of land and power of Byzantine Empire