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Period: 476 to 1453
Medieval Period
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610
Start of Islam
The prophet Muhammad introduced Islam -
Period: 632 to 661
Rashidun Caliphate
Four rightly guided -
Period: 661 to 750
Umayyad Caliphate
Clan of the Quraysh tribe descended from Umayya ibn Abd Shams -
Period: 661 to 750
Umayyad caliphate
Clan of the Quraysh tribe descended from Umayya ibn Abd Shams -
Period: 750 to 1258
Abbasid Caliphate
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Period: 768 to 800
Rule of Charlemagne
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850
Invention of gunpowder
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Period: 969 to 1171
Fatimid caliphate in Egypt
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1040
Invention of moveable type printing
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Period: 1096 to 1099
1st Crusade
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1170
Thomas Becket’s death
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Period: 1171 to 1250
Ayyubid Caliphate in Egypt
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1187
Saladin’s Recapture of Jerusalem
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1187
Battle of Hattin
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1189
The Capture of Acre
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1206
Beginning of Mongol Empire
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1227
Death of Genghis Khan
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Period: 1250 to 1517
Mamluk Caliphate in Egypt
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1260
Battle of Ain Jalut
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1368
End of Mongol Empire