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570
Muhammed birth
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610
Islam begins
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622
Islamic calendar
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630
Muhammad returns to Mecca
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632
Abu Bakr is the "rightly guided"
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634
Umar becomes second Caliph
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644
Uthman becomes third Caliph
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656
Ali Bin Thalib becomes fourth Caliph
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Period: 661 to 750
move capital to Damaskus
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680
Hussein is killed
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692
Dome of Rock is completed
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711
Muslims enter spain
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732
Islamic army enters france
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Period: 750 to 1258
New capital is Baghdad
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780
"Father of Algebra" is born
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972
Egypt is founded
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1025
Ibn Sina finishes encyclopedia
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1048
Omar Khayyam is born
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1099
Christians recapture Jerusalem
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1187
Saladin retakes Jerusalem
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1258
Mongols destroy Baghdad
