Islam

By Julie w
  • 570

    570 – Muhammad Born

  • Period: 570 to

    570-1900

  • 610

    610 - Muhammad's First Religious Experience

  • 613

    613 - Muhammad Begins Preaching

  • 622

    622 - Muhammad flees Yathrib - Yathrib is later renamed Medina, this date is the beginning of the Muslim calendar

  • 628

    628 - Muhammad and his followers take over Mecca

  • 632

    632 – Muhammad Dies - Muhammad's Father in Law is appointed as caliph (successor) to Muhammad

  • 652

    652 – Islam Spreads - Islam spreads into Syria, Palestine, Iran, Egypt and parts North Africa

  • 661

    661 – Umayyads gain power - The fourth caliph to Muhammad, Ali is assassinated transitioning power Umayyads

  • 711

    711 - Muslims conquer Spain for the first time

  • 750

    750 – Abbasids overthrow Umayyads - Abbasids were a rival clan to the Umayyads

  • 750

    750 - Umayyads control the region of Spain

  • 756

    756 - Abd al- Rahman, last Umayyad prince takes over Muslim Spain

  • 912

    912 - Abd al- Rahman III assumes power - He rebels against Arab leaders who had been challenging the authority of the Umayyad dynasty

  • 929

    929 - Abd al- Rahman III proclaimed himself caliph

  • 933

    933 - All of Muslim Spain united under Abd al-Rahman III

  • 1000

    1000 - 30 volume medical encyclopedia produced

  • 1258

    1258 – Mongols kill the last Abbasid caliph - Mongols invaded Baghdad ending the Abbasid reign

  • 1290

    1290-1330 - Ottomans (Turkish Muslims) start opposing Byzantine controlled cities

  • 1453

    1453 - Ottomans end Byzantine Empire with takeover of Constantinople

  • 1520

    1520-1566 - Height of Ottoman power

  • 1526

    1526 – Mughal empire invades India - The Mughals conquered North and Central India

  • 1556

    1556 – Akbar the Great comes to power - This created a Golden Age for Muslim India

  • 1588-1629 – Peak of Safavid Empire

  • 1628-1658 – Peak of Mughal Empire - Led by Akbar the Great's grandson, Shah Jahan

  • 1722 - Afghan warriors invade and end Safavid empire

  • 1857 – Last Mughal Emperor exiled - This happened when the British gained control of India

  • 1900 – End of the Ottoman Empire - long reigns and success attributed to religious tolerance