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570
Birth of Muhammad
Born in Mecca to a merchant family and orphaned at the age of six, Muhammad grew up to become a caravan manager and eventually married a rich widow, Khadija, who was also his employer -
Jan 1, 610
Gabriel's Message
On one of his many retreats into the mountains to meditate, he was commanded by his god, through Gabriel, hs angel, to share his revalations and prophecies to make peace within the world.
Muslims thought that after returning home, Muhammad set out to comply with Gabriel's command by preaching to the residents of Mecca about his revalations. At first, amny were convinced he was a madman or a charlatan. -
Jan 1, 622
Hegira
In 622 Muhammad and some of his closet followers left Mecca and retreated north to the rival city of Yathrib, later renamed Medina, or the "city of the Prophet." That flight, known in history as the Hegira, marks the first date on the official calender of Islam. This move was the was the start the Islamic religion needed, though Muhammad had failed to convert the Jewish community in Medina, he won the support and of many Bedouin residents; this event giving the world its first look at the Islam. -
Jan 1, 632
Muhammad's death and first caliph
Muhammad's death caused a great delima, Muhammad didn't leave any note of who he wanted to be his succesor, he had many daughters but no sons; so who ws going to lead them? Some of his closet followers selected Abu Bakr, a wealthy merchant from Medina who was Muhammad's father-in-lawand one of his supporters, as caliph. The caliph was the temporal leader in the Islamic community and was also considered, in gneral terms, to be a religioous leader, or imam. -
Jan 1, 636
Taking the Byzantine Empire
This is the first major exspansion of the Arabs, once they were unified under Muhammad's successor, they began to direct their attention to their neighboring empires. The Byzantine and Sassanian Empires were the first to fel the strength of the newly united Arabs, now aroused to a peak of zeal by their common faith. These expansions gave the Arabs a sufficient amount of power and resources, giving them a solid base for their people. -
Period: Jan 1, 651 to Jan 1, 750
Umayyads Rule
After Ali was assasinate, Mu'awiya was made caliph, he then made the caliphate hereditary in his family. They ruled for nearly a century. Enentually divided by two brothers thew only thing holding tthe Islamic empire together in the end was the Qur'an and the Arab language.
The Umayyads exoanded the Arab empire into several islands in the Mediterranean and into southern France -
Period: Jan 1, 750 to Jan 1, 1258
Abbasid Rule
The Abbasids brought political, economical, and cultural change to the world of Islam. While seeking to implant their own version of religious orthodoxy, they tried to break down the distinctions between Arab and non-Arab Muslims. -
Jan 1, 762
New Capital at Baghdad
In 762, the Abbasids built a new capital city at Baghdad, on the Tigris River to the east of Damscus. The new capital was specifically placed to take advantage of the river traffic to the Persian Gulf and also to dominate the caravan route from the Meditarranean to central Asia.
Thw capital being where it was placed gave the Arabs tje power to regulate trade at heir own exspenses and more power in general to he Arabs -
Jan 1, 1055
Seljuk TUrks take Baghdad
The Seljuk Turks were nomadic people from central Asia who had converted to Islam and flourished as military mercenaries for the Abbasid caliphate.
In 1055 a Turkish leader captured Baghdad and commanded the empire with the title sultan. -
Jan 1, 1071
War with the Turks
IN 1071, the Byzantine brainlessly challanged the Turks they lost alot of their land before getting help from the Crusades. The Crusaders eventually defeated the Turks, getting rid of a "barberic" invader, in the thirteenth century. -
Jan 1, 1096
The Crusades
Beginning in 1096 and continuing into the thirteenth century, a group of Islamic terrorists known as the Crusades brought the Holy Land and sorrounding properties under Christian rule. In 1099, they seizded Jerusalem after a long war. This was shocking to the Muslim rulers, who tried to make a small army but had no effect of the Crusades. -
Jan 1, 1258
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Jan 1, 1258
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