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  • The Use of the First Caravan: 1 A.D
    100

    The Use of the First Caravan: 1 A.D

    The caravans were used to spread trading goods, people, ideas, religion etc. These long range caravans were used to monopolize Muslim merchants in Africa and are still used today
  • Introduction of the Dhow
    101

    Introduction of the Dhow

    The Dhow was a shipped used to sail around India that was used for trade in India. It has now modernized into three different types of ships today that use the triangular sail for fast sea travel.
  • Period: 201 to Mar 3, 1000

    Emergence of Berbers to Tuaregs

  • The Birth of Muhammad
    570

    The Birth of Muhammad

    The final and most known prophet of the Muslims
  • Start of the Muslim Calendar
    Jan 1, 622

    Start of the Muslim Calendar

    When Muhammad flees to Medina after rebels begin executing Muhammads followers
  • Period: Jan 1, 622 to

    Start to Present of the Muslim Calendar

  • Tabuk Crusade Launched Against the Byzantine Christians
    Jan 1, 630

    Tabuk Crusade Launched Against the Byzantine Christians

  • Period: Mar 3, 632 to

    Caliphates of Muslim World

    The Rashidun Caliphate (632-661)
    The Umayyad Caliphate (661-750) - Successor of the Rashidun Caliphate
    The Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba in Islamic Spain (756-929-1031)
    The Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258) - Successor of the Umayyad Caliphate
    The Fatimid Caliphate (910-1171)
    The Ayyubid dynasty (1171-1260)
    The Mamluk Caliphate (Bahri dynasty then succeeded by Burji dynasty) (1250–1517)
    The Ottoman Caliphate (1517–1923)
  • Arab People Conquer Jerusalem
    Mar 3, 638

    Arab People Conquer Jerusalem

    Was part of a military conflict which took place in the year 637 between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate. It began when the Rashidun army, under the command of Abu Ubaidah, besieged Jerusalem in November 636. After six months, the Patriarch Sophronius agreed to surrender, on condition that he submit only to the Rashidun caliph. In April 637, Caliph Umar traveled to Jerusalem in person to receive the submission of the city. Thus giving them control of Palestine.
  • *Muslim Conquest of Egypt
    Apr 11, 638

    *Muslim Conquest of Egypt

    The year the Muslims took over Egypt, 638 to 642
  • Dome of Rock is Completed
    Jan 1, 691

    Dome of Rock is Completed

    The site's significance stems from religious traditions regarding the rock, known as the Foundation Stone, at its heart, which bears great significance for Jews and Muslims.
  • *Arabs Take Over Carthage
    Feb 26, 698

    *Arabs Take Over Carthage

    Caravans allow the Arabs to enter into Northern Africa and take over Carthage
  • *Islam Expands its Territory into Spain and Portugal
    Jan 1, 711

    *Islam Expands its Territory into Spain and Portugal

    Seizing Granada for over 700 years
    By the mid 900s over 5 millions muslims occupied these lands
  • The Moors Begin Occupying Spain
    Mar 3, 711

    The Moors Begin Occupying Spain

    The Moors were initially of Berber and Arab descent, though the term was later applied to Africans, Iberian Christian converts to Islam, and people of mixed ancestry.
  • Period: Jan 1, 750 to Jan 1, 1258

    Rashidun Caliphs Expand Territory From Mecca to Damascus

    These were the original Muslims that derived from themselves after Muhammad returned to Mecca
  • First Mameluke, Ahmad ibn Tulun, Seizes Egypt
    Feb 24, 870

    First Mameluke, Ahmad ibn Tulun, Seizes Egypt

    Mamelukes were essentially slaves or apart of the caliph military until the rised up in rebellion and by 877 conquered the Mediterranean coast through Palestine and up into Syria.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1095 to Dec 31, 1291

    The Crusades and The Battles Against Muslims

  • *The First Crusade on Muslims and Jerusalem
    Feb 26, 1095

    *The First Crusade on Muslims and Jerusalem

    Ultimately achieved the capture of Jerusalem in 1099 as Christians from Western Europe responded to Pope Urbans Plea to go to war against the Muslims
  • *The Crusades: Jerusalem Encounters Bloodshed & Sacked
    Jan 1, 1099

    *The Crusades: Jerusalem Encounters Bloodshed & Sacked

    "Arabs took refuge in the tower of David, some fled to the temple of Solomon. A great fight took place on the porch of the temple, where they were unable to escape from our gladiators. Many fled to the roof of the temple of Solomon, and were shot with arrows, so that they fell to the ground dead. In this temple almost ten thousand were killed. Indeed, if you had been there you would have seen our feet colored to our ankles with the blood of the slain. None of them were alive;neither women/child"
  • Years of Aibak
    Jun 6, 1150

    Years of Aibak

    Aibak was the founder of Muslim rule in India from 1150 to 1210
  • Saladin Achieves Capturing Jerusalem
    Oct 2, 1187

    Saladin Achieves Capturing Jerusalem

    "The Chaldeans [Saladin and his army] fought the battle fiercely for a few days and triumphed. The Christians were failing so by this time that scarcely twenty or thirty men appeared to defend the city walls. No man could be found in the whole city who was brave enough to dare keep watch at the defences for a night, even for a fee of a hundred besants."
    - Longmans 1875
  • *Mogadishu Becomes Islamic State
    Mar 3, 1201

    *Mogadishu Becomes Islamic State

    The Mosque of Islamic Solidarity in Mogadishu is the largest masjid in the Horn region. Most residents of Somalia are Muslims, the majority belonging to the Sunni branch of Islam and the Shafi'i school of Islamic jurisprudence, although some are adherents of the Shia Muslim denomination.
  • The Third Crusade Pays Off
    Feb 26, 1204

    The Third Crusade Pays Off

    Byzantine christian after culimating in the sack of Constantinople, Mamluk Dynasty provides aid and rives out the European Invaders from Palestine and Syria in 1291
  • Aibak Becomes First Sultan of Dehli Throne
    Aug 25, 1206

    Aibak Becomes First Sultan of Dehli Throne

    Qutb-ud-din Aibak was the real founder of Turkish rule in India and set the stage for Muhammads uprising in India
  • Islam Begins Losing Spain to Christian Reconquista
    Jan 1, 1236

    Islam Begins Losing Spain to Christian Reconquista

    Córdoba fell in 1236
    After this, the Muslim presence was confined to small enclaves or city-states known as Taifas, the most important of these being Granada, which was the last to fall.
  • * Mansa Musa's Pilgrimage to the Hajj
    Jan 1, 1324

    * Mansa Musa's Pilgrimage to the Hajj

    With thousands of escorts he ultimately made the Hajj a lot more well known
  • Al-Umari Describes Cairo
    Mar 3, 1324

    Al-Umari Describes Cairo

    He understands Cairo from the King of Mali, Mansa Musa
  • *Arabians Take Timbuktu
    Mar 3, 1325

    *Arabians Take Timbuktu

    As arabians spread into Northen Africa, Timbuktu became a major resource center for learning for both the Natives and Arabians
    The booming economy of Timbuktu attracted the attention of the Emperor of Mali, Mansa Mussa also known as Kan Kan Mussa
  • *The Plague Begins in Europe
    Feb 26, 1347

    *The Plague Begins in Europe

    The Black Death weakens the Europeans and many become ill and die
    Ultimately helps weaken European forces but also caused the Muslim population to rapidly vanish as the pandemic spread and transmitted from central Asia and spread throughout the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe
  • Ibn Battuta Discovers Asia and Africa
    Mar 3, 1372

    Ibn Battuta Discovers Asia and Africa

    Ibn Battuta was the Arab Marco Polo traveler who brang back many findings of Asia and Africa
  • Bayezid Founds First Centralized Ottoman State
    Feb 24, 1389

    Bayezid Founds First Centralized Ottoman State

    He centralized the first Ottoman state based on traditional Turkish and Muslim institutions and who stressed the need to extend Ottoman dominion in Anatolia.
  • Timur's army fought and won in the great battle of Kanduzcha
    Jun 18, 1391

    Timur's army fought and won in the great battle of Kanduzcha

  • Founds Malacca
    Mar 3, 1400

    Founds Malacca

    Hindu prince from Palembang flees Singapore and founds Malacca
  • Period: Mar 3, 1400 to Mar 3, 1498

    The Sultans

    Sultan is a noble title with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", "authority" or "power". Later, it came to be used as the title of certain rulers who claimed almost full sovereignty in practical terms
    The sultan was the sole and absolute regent, head of state and head of government of the Ottoman empire (Orhan Ghazi ben Osman)
  • Timur Leads Army and Wins Against Ottoman Army in the Battle of Ankara
    Jul 28, 1402

    Timur Leads Army and Wins Against Ottoman Army in the Battle of Ankara

    The Battle of Ankara was a battle between the forces of the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I and Timur, ruler of the Timurid Empire. The battle was a major victory for Timur, and it led to a period of crisis for the Ottoman Empire (the Ottoman Interregnum).
  • *Silk Road Ends
    Mar 3, 1421

    *Silk Road Ends

    Ottomans boycott the silk road which was the major trade route for India, Europe and Asia
  • Aug 20, 1444

    Mehmed II comes into Power

    Mehmed the conqueror was an Ottoman sultan who ruled first for a short time from August 1444 to September 1446
  • Period: Jan 1, 1451 to May 20, 1506

    The Age of Christopher Columbus

  • *The Black Sea is Closed Off
    Feb 26, 1453

    *The Black Sea is Closed Off

    After the Ottoman Turks capture Constantinople, they closed it off to foriegn commerce between Europe, Asia, India, etc.
  • Crossing the Bosporus
    Feb 26, 1453

    Crossing the Bosporus

    Hezarafen jumped from the top of the Galata Tower in Istanbul and managed to glide across the Bosphorus strait to Doğancılar Square to Constantinople
  • *The Conquests Pays off and Constantinople is Conquered
    May 29, 1453

    *The Conquests Pays off and Constantinople is Conquered

    Mehmed II leads an army of 100,000 to the walls of Constantinople and in a battle that lasted for about 3 months was able to acquire the most important trading center in the Eastern World.
  • *Vlad the Impaler
    Mar 3, 1462

    *Vlad the Impaler

    Vlad the Impaler impales the prisoners of war in Transylvania
    Instilled fear into the Arabs and modernized today into the blood sucking vampire, Dracula.
  • Boabdil Takes his Reign and Seizes the Alhambra
    Jan 1, 1485

    Boabdil Takes his Reign and Seizes the Alhambra

    Boabdil was the sultan of of Granada Spain who had lost Alhambra when he was seized and forced to sign the Pact of Cordoba (gave land for help to keep Granada) and ultimately surrendered the last of Spain to the reconquista.
  • *Cordoba, Granada Falls to the Hands of Spain Once More
    Jan 2, 1492

    *Cordoba, Granada Falls to the Hands of Spain Once More

    The city was captured by the combined forces of Aragon and Castile (recently united as Spain) from the armies of the taifa Muslim kingdom of Granada.
  • Muhammad II Expands Ottoman Empire
    Jan 1, 1517

    Muhammad II Expands Ottoman Empire

    Bringing Syria, Palestine, Arabia and Egypt into Ottoman control
  • Mughal Dynasty is Founded by Babur
    Feb 24, 1526

    Mughal Dynasty is Founded by Babur

  • Period: Feb 24, 1526 to

    Mughal Dynasty

    Ruled most of Northern India
  • Leo Africanus Ventures and Explains the Geography and Politics of Africa
    Feb 24, 1550

    Leo Africanus Ventures and Explains the Geography and Politics of Africa

  • Akbar becomes Mughal Emperor
    Feb 11, 1556

    Akbar becomes Mughal Emperor

    From the years 1556-1605
    Akbar tried to unite Hindus and Muslims under one united Indian state
  • Akbar Defeats Mughal Rebels in the Second Battle of Panipat
    Nov 5, 1556

    Akbar Defeats Mughal Rebels in the Second Battle of Panipat

  • *Malacca Falls to the Dutch

    *Malacca Falls to the Dutch

  • Sulieman the II

    Suleiman II was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1687 to 1691
  • End of the Ottomans

    End of the Ottomans

    the Ottoman government's decision to enter the First World War led directly to the destruction of the empire, the division of the Middle East into the states which exist today and, through the closure of the straits to Russian trade, to the February Revolution.
  • Start of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS)

    Start of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS)

    The group began more than two decades ago as a fervid fantasy in the mind of a Jordanian named Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
    Although Zarqawi’s rhetoric was similar to bin Laden’s, his targets were quite different. From the start, Zarqawi directed his malevolence at fellow Muslims, especially Iraq’s majority Shiite population. Bin Laden and al-Qaeda regarded the Shiites as heretics, but rarely targeted them for slaughter.