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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