Islamic Civilization

Period of the Birth of Islam

The birth of Muhammed (Peace Be Upon Him)

AD 570

Left Makkah for Madinah

AD 622

Established Islamic State in Madinah

His Death

632

Caliphs

A.D 660

Umayyad

From A.D 661 – A.D 750 (Damascus, capital of the Empire)

Spread of Islam from A.D. 632 – 750

Merchants Merchants Merchants Soldier and writers

A.D 632 – 634 A.D. 634 – 644 A.D. 644 – 656 A.D. 656 – 661

Abbasids (dynasty came after Umayyad) – Capital was Baghdad -

A.D. 750 – 1250

Seljuk Turks (Egypt and Spain) controlled Iran and Turkey

In A.D. 1055 took Baghdad (but till under Abbasids dynasty)

Mongols

Swept the empire in A.D. 1200

In A.D 1258 stormed into Baghdad and burnt it to the ground

Ottoman Empire

A.D. 1453 - 1922