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570
Muhammed is born
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Jan 1, 622
First Year of the Muslim Calendar
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Dec 20, 622
Last day of the first year in the Islamic Calendar
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Jan 1, 630
Muslims return to Mecca after fighting Meccans
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Jan 1, 632
Muhammad dies
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Jan 1, 632
Abu Bakr is named cliph
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Jan 1, 651
Persian Empire falls to Arabs
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Jan 1, 711
Muslim forces cross Strat of Gibraltar and conquer Spain.
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Jan 1, 711
Arabs conquer Indus Valley
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Jan 1, 731
A Muslim army moves north into France to settle new areas.
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Jan 1, 732
Franks defeat Muslim forces at the battle of Tours
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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
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Period: Jan 1, 750 to Jan 1, 1350
Merchants built a vast trading network across Muslim lands and beyond.
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Oct 15, 1000
Muslim Turks and fghans pushed into India
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Jan 1, 1050
Sejuk Turks begin invasions of Muslim regions
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Jan 1, 1055
Seljuk sultan controls Baghdad
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Oct 15, 1095
Pope Urban II calls for the First Crusade
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Period: Jan 1, 1206 to Jan 1, 1526
Delhi sultanate
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Jan 1, 1216
Genghis Khan led the Mongols out of Central Asia across southwest Asia
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Jan 1, 1258
Hulagu burned and looted Baghdad, killing the last Abbasid calpih.
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Jan 1, 1398
Tamerlane invaded India.
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Jan 1, 1492
Muslim rule starts to fall in Spain
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Jan 1, 1526
Turkish and Mongol armies again poured through mountain passed into India.
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Period: Jan 1, 1526 to
Mughal Dynasty
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Arab armies reach Morocco
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Abbasid empire begins to fragment
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Abbasids power of Spain Fragments
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Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem gets built
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Period: to Jan 1, 642
Arabs conquer Egypt