Islam

The Decline of Islam

  • 632

    632

    632
    Muhammads death lead to his closest companion being the next successor. His name was Abu Bakr.
  • 661

    661

    661
    Assassination of Ali, and rise of the umayyad dynasty.
  • 711

    711

    711
    Three great monotheistic religions forms: Muslims, Christians, Jews. also muslim forces invaded and in seven years conquered the berian peninsula.
  • 732

    732

    732
    The muslims were defeated by the Potiers in France by Charles Martel.
  • 750

    750

    The Abbasids over rule the Umayyads, which gives the power to Baghdad.
  • 850

    850

    850
    Christian priest in Muslim cordova was executed for not taking the insults back about Muhammad.
  • 900

    900

    seljuk turks migrate to M.E> from cent. asia
  • 1055

    1055

    1055
    Seljuk Turks captured Bahgdad.
  • 1095

    1095

    1095
    The Pope Urban II opens the Council or Clermont where ambassadors asked help against the Muslims.
  • 1099

    1099

    1099
    Crusaders take over jerusalem
  • 1099

    1099

    1099
    The crusaders finally captured Jerusalem but soon was overtaken again by the Egyptians.
  • 1187

    1187

    The siege of Jerusalem. The muslim forces of Saladin defeated the crusaders south of pasteline.
  • 1216

    1216

    1216
    Ghegiz then leads Mongols out of central asia.
  • 1258

    1258

    1258
    The Mongol conquest causes the fall of the Abbasid dynasty.
  • 1300

    1300s

    mongols come in again and take over areas.
  • 1492

    1492

    All muslims and jews were expelled.
  • 1520

    1520

    Reign of suleyman: ottoman empire reaches its ZEnith.