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Arab kingdoms
Arab kingdoms and city states grew up alongthe coast of the Peninsula, the edges of the central desert and in the adjoining northern regions of present-day Iraq and Jordan, as wellas further north in Syria. -
Sep 7, 600
Islam
the dominant religion has been Islam. -
Sep 7, 610
Islam religion
The religion of Islam -
Sep 7, 632
Muhammad’s death,
after Muhammad’s death, Abu Bakr was elected as the Islamic head of state, known as a ‘caliph’. -
Sep 7, 750
Islamic Empirev
Islamic Empire reached well beyond the Arab region, from central Asia in the east to Spain in the west. -
Sep 7, 750
Islamic Empire collapse
The Islamic Empire began to fragment afterthe collapse of the Umayyads -
Sep 7, 1200
European influences
increasing European influences and the encroachment of other foreign powers, such as the Mongol Empire -
Period: Sep 7, 1500 to
The Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, which was Turkish in origin, but essentially Muslim, ruled most of the Arab region (except Morocco and Central Arabia) -
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire had lost control of Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt, and Arab nationalist movements were emerging in the Syrian and Iraqi provinces. -
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First World War
During the First World War Britain and its Allies fought the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire, and Arab forces assisted the Allies greatly. -
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independence
For the Arab political elite, their focus was on gaining independence while working with Britain and its Allies. However, most Arab states did not achieve real independence until after the Second World War -
Abbasids
Abbasids, broke up -
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The Fifth Caliph
The Fifth Caliph of the Arab Abbasid Dynasty was Harun Al Rashid who ruled in Baghdad.