-
250
Bantu peoples settle south of Sahara
250 A.D -
570
Muhammad was born
570 A.D. -
610
Muhammad receives his first revelations
610 A.D. -
622
Muhammad goes to Medina
622 A.D. -
800
The Kingdom of Ghana flourishes
800 A.D. -
1100
The Empire of Mali is formed
1100 A.D. -
1258
Mongols burn Baghdad
1258 A.D. -
1300
the ottoman empire is founded by Osman I
1300 A.D. -
1324
Mansa Musa makes the hajj to Mecca
1324 A.D. -
1352
Ibn Battua reaches West Africa
1352 A.D. -
1441
First captives in European slave trade
1441 A.D. -
1453
Ottoman Turks conquer Constantinople
1453 A.D.