Islamic timeline

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  • 570

    Muhammad was born

    Muhammad was born
    Muhammad was born in an oasis town of Mecca. The town was a great market place. Later in his life he became a great merchant and he married a a woman named Khadija a wealtyhb widow.
  • Nov 8, 610

    Gabriel speaks to Muhammad

    Gabriel speaks to Muhammad
    Muhammad was a kind man and noble man he did not like the of how his life was going. One night the angel gabriel spoke to muhammad saying he will be the messenger of god
  • Jun 12, 622

    Muhammads hijra

    Muhammads hijra
    After Gabriel had spoken to muhammad. A few people listened to muhammad and his teachings,but his teachings angered some people. So muhammad and his followers left mecca and went on a journey to medina called the Hijra.
  • Sep 8, 632

    Abu-Bakr

    Abu-Bakr
    After muhammad died he did not name a successor. So they named Abu bakr the successor he was muhammads father in law. He was named the caliph the successor of muhammad.
  • Sep 14, 632

    Muhammads death

    Muhammads death
    Muhammad dies in 632 AD.Before he died him and his followers returned to mecca after winning battles against the meccans. Then he destroyed all the idols in kaaba.The kaaba was the temple that muslims worship in
  • Oct 13, 632

    spilt of sunni and shia

    spilt of sunni and shia
    After muhammads death there was disagreements of who the next caliph should be. So some people thought a good male memeber of society should lead they were called the sunnis.Then the sias thought a male memebr of muhammads family should lead.
  • Period: Sep 12, 656 to Dec 12, 661

    ali

  • Nov 11, 656

    Ali

    Ali
    After muhammad had died ther was a dispute of who the next caliph would be.So after a couple of years ali became the caliph. He reigned from 656 to 661.
  • Sep 12, 661

    Umayyad dynasty

    Umayyad dynasty
    After ali had died a clan set up the umayyad dynasty.Took control they were a dynasty of sunni caliphs.They ruled the muslim empire till 750 AD.
  • Jan 14, 750

    Fall of Umayyad dynasty

    Fall of Umayyad dynasty
    The umayyad dynasty ends in 750 AD. Because there territory was expanding so much. The umayyad dynasty was ganing so much territory that they could not manage itand outside invaders posed a threat.
  • Sep 14, 750

    Rise of abbasids

    Rise of abbasids
    After the umayyad dynasty had fallen the Abbasid dynasty had risen. The dynasty had been formed by muhammads uncle. Abu al abbus had created the dynasty the abassids.
  • Nov 12, 750

    house of wisdom

    house of wisdom
    The house of wisdom was wher scholars got toghter. They excahnged theri ideas and discovered new things and they invented new things.
  • Mar 14, 762

    Abbasids move the capital of Islamic Empire

    Abbasids move the capital of Islamic Empire
    The abassids moved the capital to baghdad in iraq. It was a small market down the tigris river. They moved it into persian territory.
  • Oct 30, 1095

    first crusade

    first crusade
    The pope called the first crusade. He called it because ther was a conflict with christians traveling into jersualem . The new power there in the middle east caused that.
  • Sep 13, 1258

    Fall of the abbasids

    Fall of the abbasids
    The abassid empire had fallen in 1258. They had fallen because of outside invaders. That the mongols had invaded the abbasids.