Topic II: Muslim Civilizations

  • 570

    Muhammed is born

  • Jan 1, 622

    First Year of the Muslim Calendar

    Began with a crescent moon
  • Dec 20, 622

    Last day of the first year in the Islamic Calendar

  • Jan 1, 630

    Muslims return to Mecca after fighting Meccans

  • Jan 1, 632

    Muhammad dies

  • Jan 1, 632

    Abu Bakr is named cliph

  • Jan 1, 651

    Persian Empire falls to Arabs

  • Jan 1, 711

    Muslim forces cross Strat of Gibraltar and conquer Spain.

  • Jan 1, 711

    Arabs conquer Indus Valley

  • Jan 1, 731

    A Muslim army moves north into France to settle new areas.

  • Jan 1, 732

    Franks defeat Muslim forces at the battle of Tours

  • Jan 1, 750

    Umayyad dynasty falls

    Umayyad is a dynasty of Sunni caliphs that ruled the Muslim empire until 750 set up after Ali's death by a powerful Meccan tribe.
  • Period: Jan 1, 750 to

    Golden Age of Muslim civilization

  • Period: Jan 1, 750 to Jan 1, 1350

    Merchants built a vast trading network across Muslim lands and beyond.

  • Oct 15, 1000

    Muslim Turks and fghans pushed into India

  • Jan 1, 1050

    Sejuk Turks begin invasions of Muslim regions

  • Jan 1, 1055

    Seljuk sultan controls Baghdad

  • Oct 15, 1095

    Pope Urban II calls for the First Crusade

  • Period: Jan 1, 1206 to Jan 1, 1526

    Delhi sultanate

  • Jan 1, 1216

    Genghis Khan led the Mongols out of Central Asia across southwest Asia

  • Jan 1, 1258

    Hulagu burned and looted Baghdad, killing the last Abbasid calpih.

  • Jan 1, 1398

    Tamerlane invaded India.

  • Jan 1, 1492

    Muslim rule starts to fall in Spain

  • Jan 1, 1526

    Turkish and Mongol armies again poured through mountain passed into India.

  • Period: Jan 1, 1526 to

    Mughal Dynasty

  • Arab armies reach Morocco

  • Abbasid empire begins to fragment

  • Abbasids power of Spain Fragments

  • Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem gets built

  • Period: to Jan 1, 642

    Arabs conquer Egypt