Islam: The First 1000 Years

Events

Muhammad

570 - 632

Advent of papermaking

600 CE - 632 CE

Hijra (Mecca 2 Medina)

622

Compilation of the Quran

632 - 650

Reign of Abu Bakr

8 June 632 - 22 August 634

Conquest of Syria

636

Conquest of Egypt

639 - 642

Reign of Ali

656 - 661

Umayyad Caliphate

661 - 750

Introduction of Coinage

700

Conquest of Spain and Sindh

711

Berber Rebellions

740

Abbasid Caliphate

750 - 1258

Umayyad Spain

756 - 1031

Arabian Nights

776 - 809

Mamluk Samarra

835 - 892

Independent Samanids

875 - 899

Fatimid Caliphate

909 - 1171

Rude Mountain Buyid Dynasty

934 - 1062

Fatimids take Egypt

969

Fihrist

988 - 990

al-Andalus Golden Age

1014 - 1240

Seljuk Empire

1037 - 1194

Seljuks Take Anatolia

1071

First Crusade Takes Jerusalem

1099

Death of Mesopotamia

1100

Ayyubid (Saladin) Sultanate

1171 - 1260

Mamluk Sultanate that Beat Saladin's Kin

1250 - 1517

In Waltz the Mongols

1258

Abbasids on crutches

1261 - 1517