Islamic Timeline By RedHarr 570 Muhammed born in Mecca 610 Islam begins Muhammed revelations 622 Muhammed followers escape persecution 630 Muhammed Mecca gains control 632 Abu Bakr succeeds Muhammed 634 Umar becomes second caliph 644 Uthman becomes third caliph 656 Ali bin Talib becomes fourth caliph 661 Umayyad caliphate Ali assassinated 680 Hussein, son Ali, killed 692 The Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem 711 Muslims control Iberian peninsula 732 Islamic army defeated, Battle of Tours 750 Abbasid caliphate golden age 780 al-Khwarizimi "Father of Algebra" 972 Al-Azhar University founded 1025 Ibn Sina completes The Canon of Medicine 1048 poet/scientist Omar khayyam 1099 Christian armies Jerusalem First Crusade 1187 Saladin retakes Jerusalem 1258 Mongol sacks Baghdad
