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