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Muhammad's Birth
Muhammad was born around A.D 570 in the oasis town of Mecca which was a market town at the crossroads of several caravan routes. -
Nov 8, 610
Gabriel Speaks to Muhammad
Muhammad was spoken by Gabriel around 610 and was told to be God's messenger. Muhammad was 40 years old when he was confronted by Gabriel. Muhammad ended up accepting the call, -
Nov 8, 622
Muhammad's Hijra
Hijra basically means a long, long journey. In this case, it was Muhammad's journey. It was described as Islam's turning point because of the wars that happened when Muhammad was on his journey. -
Jun 8, 632
Muhammad's Death
Muhammad died in 632, but his teachings were still spread through Islam. Muhammad died during his battles with Jews. Muhammad died because of illnesess that he had because he was sick most of the time. He died in his wife's house. -
Nov 10, 632
Abu-Bark
Abu-Bark was Muhammmad's father in law. There was many conflict after Muhammad's death because there was no actual successor now that he was dead. The voters ended up choosing Bark because he was related to Muhammad. -
Nov 22, 632
Split of Sunni and Shia
The split between Sunni and Shia happened because Muslims were dissagreeing on who should be leader of the community. One group believed that any relative of Muhammad should take control. Another group thought that any Muslim could be capable of taking control of the community. This dissagreement eventually caused the split of Sunni and Shia. -
Period: Aug 9, 656 to Nov 12, 661
Ali
Ali was Muhammad's son in law. Many Musims believed that Muahammad had designated him to be his successor. Ali was the caliph between 656 and 661 CE. He died when he was praying one day by the Kharijite Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam behind his back. -
Nov 10, 663
Umayyad Dynasty
The Umayyad Dynasty were basically a group of people that overtook Islamic religions right after Muhammad's death. They also ended up spreading Islam. -
May 3, 715
Rise of Abbasids
Muslims eventually found a leader: Abu- abbas. He was Muhammad's uncle. Bexause of this, Islam became more diverse. Descriminations of non- abass people also ended. -
Dec 10, 717
Fall of the Umayyad Dynasty
The fall of the Umayyad Dynasty was similar to the fall of Rome. Some rulers overused their power; they ended up killing a lot of people. Majorly, the fall happened because of the defeat by the Bantine empire -
Dec 9, 1096
The First Crusade
The first crusade was a pilgrimage. Which is a fancy word to say journey. It involved many knits and fights that would eventually end, but this happened for a long period of time. -
Dec 12, 1258
The Fall of the Abbasids
The Fall of the Abbasids had many reasons to their failure. Probaly the biggest reason was that they failed to find solutions to problems like keeping together a large, big empire closely united. -
House of Wisdom
The House of Wisdom was a library and university in Baghdad, Many scholars in this uuniversity made some sort or contribution by ranslating books like the Quran. They focused on many subjects like we do tpday like math, science, literature, and many more
