Islam Timeline by:Gia Marcinkowska

1520

1520 BCE

Christian forces had been fighting to reconquer Spain, and seized the final Muslim stronghold.

1492

1492 BCE

For centuries after the battle of Tours, Christian forces fought to reconquer Spain. Only in 1492 did they seize the last Muslim Stronghold. In the meantime, Spain flourished as a center of Muslim civilization.

1300's

1300 BCE

Ottomans began their meteoric rise in the early 1300's they were small band of warriors at the edge of the Muslim world.

1258

1258 BCE

The Mongol destruction of Baghdad in 1258, the Abbasid caliphs had lived in Cairo, under the protection of the Mamluk Sultanate, although the title itself had no power, and the caliphate was just a ceremonial position.

1216 (THE SIXTH CRUSADE)

1216 BCE

Invasion of Egypt by the Crusaders. They take Damietta and head for Cairo, but the sultan al-Kamil, son of al-Adil, finally repels them.

1187

1187 BCE

The year of Islamic victory.Ê Saladin crushes the Crusaders armies at Hittin, near Lake Tiberias. He reconquers Jerusalem and the greater part of the Crusaders territories. The Crusaders now hold only Tyre, Tripoli and Antioch. The Muslim general Saladin ousted Christians from Jerusalem.

1055

1055 BCE

A Seljuk sultan controlled Baghdad, but he left the Abbassid caliph as a figurehead.

900

900 BCE

The Fatimids of Egypt conquered north Africa and included the territory as an extension of Egypt until 972.

850

850 BCE

The Acropolis of Zimbabwe was built in Rhodesia. Perfectus, a Christian priest in Muslim Cordova, is executed after he refuses to retract numerous insults he made about the Prophet Muhammed. Numerous other priests, monks, and laity would follow as Christians became caught up in a zest for martyrdo

750

750 BCE

After the death of Ali, the Umayyad (oh Miad) family set up a dynasty that ruled the Islamic world until 750. From their capitol at Damascus in Syria, they directed the Spectacular conquests that carried Islam from the Atlantic to the Indus valley.

732

732 BCE

They were defeated at the battle of tours. (Lands conqured by Muslims under Umayyad Caliphs.)

711

711 BCE

Muslims enter Spain. Muslim crossed the strait of Gibraltar into Spain and pushed north into France.

661

661 BCE

Ali became the fourth caliph, but was assassinated in 611 in a struggle for leadership. (Later his son was killed to.)

632

632 BCE

Muslim lands at death of Muhammad. (Lands conquered by Muslims under first four caliphs)

1095

Nov 18, 1095

Pope Urban II opens the Council of Clermont where ambassadors from the Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus, asking help against the Muslims, were warmly received.

1099

Jul 15, 1099

In the only fully coordinated operation of the First Crusade, Godfrey's forces succeed in scaling the walls of Jerusalem (near Herod's Gate) through the effective use of a massive siege tower and ladders.ÊÊ Once in the city, the Crusaders massacre the garrison of Fatimid Moslems and a large percentage of the Moslem and Jewish population.Ê Godfrey was elected Guardian of Jerusalem.