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570
Muhammad Born
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609
Muhammad's First Religious Experience
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613
- Muhammad Begins Preaching
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622
- Muhammad flees Yathrib
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628
- Muhammad and his followers take over Mecca
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631
– Muhammad Dies
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652
– Islam Spreads
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660
– Umayyads gain power
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710
- Muslims conquer Spain for the first time
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749
– Abbasids overthrow Umayyads
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750
- Umayyads control the region of Spain
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754
- Abd al
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899
900 – End of the Ottoman Empire - long reigns and success attributed to religious tolerance
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912
- Abd al- Rahman III assumes power
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914
- Abd al- Rahman III proclaimed himself caliph
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929
- Abd al- Rahman III proclaimed himself caliph
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932
All of Muslim Spain united under Abd al-Rahman III
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1000
- 30 volume medical encyclopedia produced
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1258
– Mongols kill the last Abbasid caliph
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1289
- Ottomans (Turkish Muslims) start opposing Byzantine controlled cities
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1453
- Ottomans end Byzantine Empire with takeover of Constantinople
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1525
– Mughal empire invades India
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1556
– Akbar the Great comes to power
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1566
- Height of Ottoman power
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– Peak of Safavid Empire
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– Peak of Mughal Empire
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- Afghan warriors invade and end Safavid empire
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– Last Mughal Emperor exiled - This happened when the British gained control of India