Islam Flow Chart

  • Period: 1492 BCE to 1492 BCE

    End of Islamic Expansion

    Key Figures: Ferdinand
    -End of Muslim rule in Spain (1492 BCE)
    -Led to a halt of Islamic expansion into Europe
    -Lots of Muslims left and settled in North Africa
    -Battle of Tours stopped the expansion
  • Period: 750 BCE to 1258 BCE

    Abbasid Caliphate and Spread to Asia

    Key Figures: Harun al-Rashid, Al-Mamun
    -Moved the capital to Baghdad
    -Golden age of Islamic civilization
    -Baghdad was the center of learning
    -Was destroyed by a Mongol Invasion
  • Period: 711 BCE to 1492 BCE

    Islamic Spain and Al-Andalus

    Key Figures: Abd al-Rahman I
    -Muslims conquered Spain
    -Established a great civilization till Reconquista
    -Battle of Tours
    -Golden Age of Al-Andalus
  • Period: 661 BCE to 750 BCE

    Umayyad Caliphate

    Key Figures: Muawiya
    -First dynasty to take the title of Caliphate
    -Expanded Islam into North Africa and Spain
    -Conquests of North Africa
    -Establishment of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem
  • Period: 661 BCE to 661 BCE

    Division into Sunni and Shi'a

    Key Figures: Ali
    -Dispute between Sunni and Shi'a, who should take over the Prophet Muhammad as leader of Islamic faith he introduced
    -Assassination of Ali also led to this division
  • Period: 632 BCE to 661 BCE

    Expansion into Arabia and Persia

    Key Figures: The four Rightly Guided Caliphs
    -Military conquests
    -Increase in trade
    -Missionaries
    -Built imperial structures on captured conquests overtime
  • Period: 610 BCE to 632 BCE

    Creation of Islam

    Key Figures: Prophet Muhammad, Khadijah (wife)
    -Muhammed was the founder of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula
    -Improved woman status
    -International oceanic trade