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born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Parents: Abdullah ibn Abdul-Muttalib, Aminah bint Wahb
Children: Fatima bint Muhammad, Zainab bint Muhammad, Abd-Allah ibn Muhammad, Ruqayyah bint Muhammad, Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad, Ibrahim ibn Muhammad, Qasim ibn Muhammad
Grew up as a poor merchant. -
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Munhammid's mother died when he only six
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In 610 Muhammad began to hear and see messages from God
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After a number of indistinct visionary experiences, Muhammad was visited by an overpowering presence and instructed to recite words of such beauty and force that he and others gradually attributed them to God. It was several years before he dared to talk about it outside his family.
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Muhammad decided that in he would become a preacher in 613
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In 622, Muhammad and his few hundred followers left Mecca and traveled to Yathrib, the oasis town where his father was buried. The leaders there were suffering through a vicious civil war, and they had invited this man well known for his wisdom to act as their mediator. Yathrib soon became known as Mecca, the City of the Prophet. Muhammad remained here for the next six years, building the first Muslim community and gradually gathering more and more people to his side
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The balance of power had radically away from once-powerful Mecca, to Muhammad and the Muslims. In January, 630, they marched on Mecca and were joined by tribe after tribe along the way. They entered Mecca without bloodshed and the Meccans, seeing the tide had turned, joined them.
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After breaches in the Treaty of Hudaybiyah, Muslims conquer Mecca. They clear the Ka'bah, a religious shrine from pre-Islamic times, of the polytheistic idols held there and dedicate the site for the worship of the one God.
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Muhammad's last days are spent with Aisha in her house, where he continues to issue orders and curse the Christians and Jews. Slumped against her bosom, he finally dies on the 8th of July.
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Muhammad returned to live in Medina. In the next three years, he consolidated most of the Arabian Peninsula under Islam. In March, 633, he returned to Mecca one last time to perform a pilgrimage, and tens of thousands of Muslims joined him. After the pilgrimage, he returned to Medina. Three months later on June 8, 632 he died there, after a brief illness. He is buried in the mosque in Medina.
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Amr ibn al-As, Islamic military commander, leads the conquest of Egypt.
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Arab armies carried islam to North Africa and couqered many places.
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Khalifa Ali is assassinated by a Kharijite. Hasan, son of Ali, cedes to Mu'awiya. Also Mu'awiya becomes the first Umayyad Khalifa.
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Muslims cross the Strait of Gibraltar and invade the Iberian Peninsula. They control large portions of the peninsula for centuries, living with Jews and Christians and shaping Spanish history.
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The Muslim advance into present-day France via the Iberian Peninsula is halted by the armies of Frankish leader Charles Martel in the Battle of Tours.
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Khalifa Marwan II is defeated at the Battle of Zab. The end of Umayyad rule. Abu al-Abbas becomes the first Abbasid Khalifa.
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In Arabic, Swahili means coaster. During the 10th century, there was regular trade between the Bantu East Africans and the Muslim merchants. Swahili was the language blending of Bantu and Arabic. They traded gold, ivory, and slaves for pottery, glass and textiles.
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Pope Urban II preaches to Christians that their faith is being attacked and they must fight Islam and capture the Holy City. He summons the First Crusade.
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Jerusalem is seized by the Crusaders. They massacre all Muslims, Jews and Christians of the city.
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ghana in the west empire declines which leads to food shortesh and everyday needs fo the there people.
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Former slave, Qutb-ud-din Aybek, captures India from the Ghorids and establishes the Slave Dynasty of the Sultanate of Delhi.
Genghis Khan becomes the leader of the united Mongol tribes at an assembly in Qaraqorum. -
Uthman becomes the first leader of the Ottoman state.
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Osman I, a Muslim prince, consolidates power in Asia Minor. He establishes the Ottoman Empire, which exists until World War I.
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Amerlane broke into Delhi. Thousands of artisans were enslaved to build his capital at Samarkland. Delhi slowly recovered but the sultans no longer controlled the empire.
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The Byzantine capital of Constantinople falls to Sultan Mehmed II. The Ottomans change its name to Istanbul and rebuild the newly established capital of their empire.
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The Byzantine capital of Constantinople falls to Sultan Mehmed II. The Ottomans change its name to Istanbul and rebuild the newly established capital of their empire.
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The mughuls were the descendants of conquering mongols invaders. they were the rulers of India and pakistan and they spread muslim art and culture.Also this was a land mostly hindus but they were not in war becasue muslims gave them freedoms.
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First Battle of Paniput. Babur, a descendant of Tamburlaine, defeats the Delhi Sultanate and establishes the Mughal Empire.
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Even though Suleiman failes to capture Vienna the rest of Western Europe is frightened.
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The safvid is invaded and taken over by Afghans. The safvid empire collapsed.
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In 595 Muhammad married a rich women named Khadijah. He became very wealthy
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The death of Harun al-Rashid. Al-Amin becomes khalif upon father's death. Al-Mamun challenges his brother Caliphate.
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Harun al-Rashid becomes Khalifa. His reign is at the height of Abbasid rule. Noted as a munificent patron of arts and letters. Hisham I succeeds Abd al-Rahman I as Emir of Cordoba.
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Perfectus, a Christian priest in Muslim Cordova, is executed after he refuses to retract numerous insults he made about the Prophet Muhammed.
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Muslims enter the area north of Arabia, known as "Sham," including Syria , Palestine , Lebanon and Iraq .
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Harun al-Rashid becomes Khalifa. His reign is at the height of Abbasid rule. Noted as a munificent patron of arts and letters. Hisham I succeeds Abd al-Rahman I as Emir of Cordoba.
