Spread of Islam

By ArielaSM
  • 570

    Muhammad is born

    They agreed that Abu Bakr should become the caliph, or leader of both the religious movement and the government power that Muhammad had established.
  • Nov 10, 610

    Ali death

    The war created long-lasting tension within the Islamic community, and Ali was assassinated.
  • Nov 10, 610

    People of the book

    He looked to the local Christian and Jewish authorities for recognition of spiritual kinship. Even when their leaders rejected him as a false prophet, Muhammad still believed that Jews and Christians were, like Muslims, “People of the Book,” who also followed the written teachings of God’s prophets and so were alike in some ways.
  • Nov 10, 622

    First Islamic state

    To establish the first Islamic state, he assigned Jews and Christians certain rights and responsibilities. He gave them freedom of religion in return for the payment of a special tax. This tax was later exacted from Christians as well as Jews residing in all conquered territories.
  • Nov 10, 632

    Muhammad died

    After Muhammad’s death, a council of many of Muhammad’s closest advisors said Abu Bakr should become the caliph. Abu Bakr first task was to runite the two communitys and that was a fail
  • Nov 10, 633

    Abu’s military campaigns

    Against ex-Muslim that wasn't full Muslim. Abu Bakr was one of Muhammad’s original followers. Abu Bakr should become the caliph, or leader of both the religious movement and the political power that Muhammad had established.
  • Nov 10, 633

    Riddah wars

    Abu bakr led a small Arab group to war against other empires. Historians refer to Abu’s military campaigns in 633 against ex-Muslims as the Riddah Wars.
  • Nov 10, 634

    Conquering Empires

    Caliph Abu Bakr declared jihad, or holy war, on the Byzantine Empire, which was peopled mostly by Greek-speaking Christians. Abu died shortly after, so his successor Caliph Umar took control.
  • Nov 10, 652

    End of project

    Uthman then ordered all earlier copies of the Quran to be destroyed. Abu left off and commissioned a committee to complete the standardization of the Quran based on accounts from people who were present when Muhammad preached in Medina and Mecca.
  • Nov 10, 750

    The first major monotheistic religion

    The Arabs and their conquered territories stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to India. Umar allowed Jews and Christians to continue to worship as long as they paid a tribute to the leaders.
  • Nov 10, 750

    New Dynasties

    Rebels overthrew the Umayyad Dynasty, and a new dynasty emerged called the Abbasid Dynasty (750–1258).