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570
Muhammad is Born
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610
Muhammad's first religious experience
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613
Muhammad begins preaching
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622
Muhammad flees Yathrib
This is the beginning of the Muslim calendar -
628
Muhammad and his followers take over Mecca
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632
Muhammad Dies
Muhammad's dad is made his successor. -
652
Islam spreads
Islam spreads into Syria, Palestine, Iran, Egypt and parts of North Africa -
661
Umayyads gain power
The fourth caliph to
Muhammad, Ali is assassinated transitioning power to the Umayyads -
711
Muslims conquer Spain
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750
Abbasids overthrow Umayyads
The Abbasids were a rival clan to the Umayyads -
750
Umayyads control the region of Spain
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756
Abd al-Rahman takes over Muslim Spain
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912
Abd al-Rahman III assumes power
He rebels against Arab leaders who had been challenging the authority of the Umayyad dynasty -
929
Abd al-Rahman III proclaimed himself caliph
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933
Muslim Spain united under Abd al-Rahman III
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1000
30 volume medical encyclopedia produced
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1258
Mongols kill the last Abbasid caliph
Mongols invaded Baghdad ending the Abbasid reign -
Period: 1290 to 1330
Ottomans start opposing Byzantine controlled cities
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1453
Ottomans end the Byzantines
The Ottomans took over Constantinople -
Period: 1520 to 1566
Height of Ottoman power
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1526
Mughal empire invades India
The Mughals conquered North and Central India -
Period: to
Peak of the Safavid Empire
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Period: to
Peak of Mughal Empire
Ruled by Akbar the Great's grandson, Shah Jahan's rule. -
Afghan warriors invade and end Safavid empire
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Last Mughal Emperor exiled
Because the British took control over India -
End of the Ottoman Empire