-
570
Muhammad Born
-
602
Muhammad's First Religious Experience
-
612
Muhammad Begins Preaching
-
622
Muhammad flees Yathrib
Yathrib is later
renamed Medina, this
date is the beginning
of the Muslim
calendar -
627
Muhammad and his followers take over Mecca
-
632
Muhammad Dies
Muhammad's
Father in Law is
appointed as
caliph
(successor) to
Muhammad -
652
Islam Spreads
Islam spreads into Syria, Palestine, Iran, Egypt and parts North Africa -
661
Umayyads gain power
The
fourth caliph to
Muhammad, Ali is
assassinated
transitioning power
Umayyads -
711
Muslims conquer Spain for the first time
-
749
Umayyads control the region of Spain
-
750
Abbasids overthrow Umayyads
Abbasids were a
rival clan to the
Umayyads -
755
Abd al- Rahman, last Umayyad prince takes over Muslim Spain
-
912
Abd al- Rahman III assumes power
He rebels against
Arab leaders who
had been
challenging the
authority of the
Umayyad
dynasty -
929
Abd al- Rahman III proclaimed himself caliph
-
933
All of Muslim Spain united under Abd al-Rahman III
-
1000
30 volume medical encyclopedia produced
-
1258
Mongols kill the last Abbasid caliph
Mongols
invaded Baghdad
ending the Abbasid
reign -
1330
Ottomans (Turkish Muslims) start opposing Byzantine controlled cities
-
1453
Ottomans end Byzantine Empire with takeover of Constantinople
-
1520
Height of Ottoman power
-
1526
Mughal empire invades India
The
Mughals
conquered North
and Central India -
1556
Akbar the Great comes to power
This created
a Golden Age for
Muslim India -
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