islam timeline

Period: 570 to 570

Muhammad born
Period: 610 to 610

Muhammad's First Religious Experience
Period: 613 to 613

- Muhammad Begins Preachin
Period: 622 to 613

Muhammad flees Yathrib - Yathrib is later renamed Medina, this date is the beginning of the Muslim calendar
Period: 628 to 628

Muhammad and his followers take over Mecca
Period: 632 to 619

Muhammad Dies - Muhammad's Father in Law is appointed as caliph (successor) to Muhammad
Period: 652 to 650

Islam Spreads - Islam spreads into Syria, Palestine, Iran, Egypt and parts North Africa
Period: 660 to 661

Umayyads gain power - The fourth caliph to Muhammad, Ali is assassinated transitioning power Umayyads
Period: 711 to 711

Muslims conquer Spain for the first time
Period: 750 to 750

Abbasids overthrow Umayyads - Abbasids were a rival clan to the Umayyads
Period: 750 to 750

Umayyads control the region of Spain
Period: 756 to 756

Abd al- Rahman, last Umayyad prince takes over Muslim Spain
Period: 912 to 912

Abd al- Rahman III assumes power - He rebels against Arab leaders who had been challenging the authority of the Umayyad dynasty
Period: 929 to 929

Abd al- Rahman III proclaimed himself caliph
Period: 933 to 933

All of Muslim Spain united under Abd al-Rahman III
Period: 1000 to 1000

30 volume medical encyclopedia produced
Period: 1258 to 1258

Mongols kill the last Abbasid caliph - Mongols invaded Baghdad ending the Abbasid reign
Period: 1290 to 1330

Ottomans (Turkish Muslims) start opposing Byzantine controlled cities
Period: 1452 to 1453

Ottomans end Byzantine Empire with takeover of Constantinople
Period: 1520 to 1566

Height of Ottoman power
Period: 1526 to 1526

Mughal empire invades India - The Mughals conquered North and Central India
Period: 1555 to 1556

Akbar the Great comes to power - This created a Golden Age for Muslim Indi
Period: 1587 to 1629

Peak of Safavid Empire
Period: 1626 to 1658

Peak of Mughal Empire - Led by Akbar the Great's grandson, Shah Jahan
Period: 1722 to 1722

Afghan warriors invade and end Safavid empire
Period: 1856 to 1857

Last Mughal Emperor exiled - This happened when the British gained control of India
Period: 1900 to 1900

End of the Ottoman Empire - long reigns and success attributed to religious tolerance

Muhammad born

Muhammad's First Religious Experience

- Muhammad Begins Preachin

Muhammad flees Yathrib - Yathrib is later renamed Medina, this date is the beginning of the Muslim calendar

Muhammad and his followers take over Mecca

Muhammad Dies - Muhammad's Father in Law is appointed as caliph (successor) to Muhammad

Islam Spreads - Islam spreads into Syria, Palestine, Iran, Egypt and parts North Africa

Umayyads gain power - The fourth caliph to Muhammad, Ali is assassinated transitioning power Umayyads

Muslims conquer Spain for the first time

Abbasids overthrow Umayyads - Abbasids were a rival clan to the Umayyads

Umayyads control the region of Spain

Abd al- Rahman, last Umayyad prince takes over Muslim Spain

Abd al- Rahman III assumes power - He rebels against Arab leaders who had been challenging the authority of the Umayyad dynasty

Abd al- Rahman III proclaimed himself caliph

All of Muslim Spain united under Abd al-Rahman III

30 volume medical encyclopedia produced

Mongols kill the last Abbasid caliph - Mongols invaded Baghdad ending the Abbasid reign

Ottomans (Turkish Muslims) start opposing Byzantine controlled cities

Ottomans end Byzantine Empire with takeover of Constantinople

Height of Ottoman power

Mughal empire invades India - The Mughals conquered North and Central India

Akbar the Great comes to power - This created a Golden Age for Muslim Indi

Peak of Safavid Empire

Peak of Mughal Empire - Led by Akbar the Great's grandson, Shah Jahan

Afghan warriors invade and end Safavid empire

Last Mughal Emperor exiled - This happened when the British gained control of India

End of the Ottoman Empire - long reigns and success attributed to religious tolerance