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Period: 500 to 1500
Medievel times
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570
Muhammad Born
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600
Bedouin's Organize in Clans
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610
Muhammad's First Religious Experience
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613
Muhammad Begins Preaching
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622
Muhammad flees Yathrib
Yathrib is later renamed Medina, this date is the beginning of the Muslim calendar -
628
Muhammad and his followers take over Mecca
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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
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750
Abbasids overthrow Umayyads
Abbasids were a rival clan to the Umayyads -
750
Umayyads control the region of Spain
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756
Abd al-Rahman, last Umayyad prince takes over Muslim Spain
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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
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933
All of Muslim Spain united under Abd al-Rahman III
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1000
30 volume medical encyclopedia produced
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Period: 1048 to 1131
Lifespan of Persian poet Omar Khayyam
He popularized the quatrain style of poetry -
1258
Mongols kill the last Abbasid caliph
Mongols invaded Baghdad ending the Abbasid reign -
Period: 1290 to 1300
Ottomans (Turkish Muslims) start opposing Byzantine controled cities
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1453
Ottomans end Byzantine Empire with takeover of Constantinople
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Period: 1520 to 1566
Height of Ottoman power
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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 -
Period: to
Peak of Safavid Empire
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Period: to
Peak of Mughal Empire
Led by Akbar the Great's grandson, Shah Jahan -
Afghan warriors invade and end Safavid empire
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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