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1520 BCE
1520
Reign of Suleyman the Magnificent; Ottoman Empire reaches its zenith. Hungary and coastlands of Algeria and Tunisia come under Ottoman rule. -
1492 BCE
1492
Castile and Aragon capture Granada. All Muslims (and Jews) expelled from Spain. -
1300 BCE
1300
Reign of Uthman (Osman), who founds the Ottoman Empire. Muslim merchants and missionary Sufis settle in SE Asia. -
1258 BCE
1258
The Mongol chief Hulegu, grandson of Genghis Khan, sacks Baghdad, massacring the population and killing the last Abbasid caliph. -
1216 BCE
1216
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 BCE
1187
1187: 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. -
1099 BCE
1099 C.E.
Raymond of Toulouse, after disagreeing with Bohemund about the future crusader course of action, leads the majority of crusaders away from Antioch and toward Jerusalem. -
1095 BCE
1095 C.E.
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. -
1055 BCE
1055 C.E.
Seljuk Turks capture Baghdad. -
900 BCE
900 C.E.
The Fatimids of Egypt conquered north Africa and included the territory as an extension of Egypt until 972. -
850 BCE
850 C.E.
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 martyrdom. -
750 BCE
750 C.E.
The Abbasids take over rule from the Umayyads, shifting the seat of power to Baghdad. -
732 BCE
732 C.E.
Muslims are defeated at Potiers in France by Charles Martel. -
711 BCE
711 C.E.
Muslims enter Spain in the west and India in the east. Eventually almost the entire Iberian Peninsula is under Islamic control. -
661 BCE
661 C.E.
Imam Ali is killed, bringing to an end the rule of the four "righteous caliphs": Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali. This also marks the beginning of the Umayyad rule. -
632 BCE
632 C.E.
Muhammad dies after a prolonged illness. The Muslim community elects his father-in-law and close associate, Abu Bakr, as caliph, or successor.