Through the Ages

  • 500

    Nok uses iron tools

  • Period: 500 to Jan 1, 1200

    Ghana's Trading Empire

  • 570

    Muhammed was born

  • Period: Jan 1, 600 to

    Spread of Islam in Africa

  • Jan 1, 610

    Muhammed received a call to be a prophet in the mountains.

  • Jan 1, 613

    Muhammed began to preach to other Makkans.

  • Jan 1, 622

    Muhammed's followers left for a higrah.

  • Jan 1, 632

    Muhammed led his last pilgrimage and shortly died

  • Jan 1, 634

    Islam conquered Syria.

  • Jan 1, 642

    Islam conquered Egypt

  • Jan 1, 644

    Islam conquered North Africa

  • Jan 1, 670

    Persia and Iraq (Middle East)

  • Jan 1, 674

    Lose attack on Constantinople

  • Period: Jan 1, 700 to

    Trans-Saharan Trade

  • Jan 1, 711

    Conquered Spain

  • Jan 1, 732

    Lose Battle of Poiters, France

  • Jan 1, 750

    Abbassids conquer Umayyads (Baghdad)

  • Jan 1, 756

    Umayyad Dynasty at Cordoba, Spain

  • Jan 1, 1050

    Ghana Dominates Trade Rountes

  • Jan 1, 1076

    Almoravids conquer Kumbi

  • Period: Jan 1, 1100 to Jan 1, 1200

    Weakened Ghana under Muslim control

  • Jan 1, 1240

    Mande conquers Kumbi

  • Period: Jan 1, 1241 to Jan 1, 1576

    Mali and Songhai

  • Jan 1, 1312

    Mansa Musa

  • Jan 1, 1350

    Timbuktu

  • Jan 1, 1352

    Ibn Battate: Trader and Historian

  • Jan 1, 1473

    Sunni Ali: Military Leader

  • Jan 1, 1490

    Askia Mohammad Toure

  • Muhammed was sent away

  • Dome of the Rock built in Jerusalem

  • Islam conquered Jerusalem.

  • Period: to Jan 1, 630

    War between Muslims and Makkans.

  • Period: to

    Muslims conquered North Africa

  • Period: to Jan 1, 1100

    Ghana's Golden Age