| 622 |
|
Hejira - Mohammed's flight from Mecca to Medina |
| 624 |
|
Jihad - Mohammed and his followers subdue Mecca |
| 638 |
|
Jeruslam captured by Muslims |
| 669 |
|
Muslims halted by Byzantines at Constantinople |
| 711 |
|
Muslims invade Spain |
| 732 |
|
Muslim army stopped by Charles Martel in France |
| 762 |
|
Baghdad becomes centre of Arab/Muslim golden age of arts |
| 809 |
|
Death of Harun-ar-Rashid, Caliph of Baghdad |
| 840 |
|
Muslims occupy much of Southern Italy |
| 945 |
|
Persian Muslims capture Baghdad |
| 1037 |
|
Death of Avicenna (Persian philosopher and physician) |
| 1099 |
|
First Crusade retakes Jerusalem from Muslims |
| 1123 |
|
Death of Omar Khayyam (Persian poet and mathematician) |
| 1187 |
|
Muslims under Saladin destroy Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem |
| 1198 |
|
Death of Averroes (Arab philosopher) |
| 1272 |
|
Last Crusade (Ninth) ends in failure |
| 1291 |
|
Acre recaptured by Muslims (end of Christian influence in area) |
| 1502 |
|
Fanatical Shi'ite Islam develops under Safavids of Persia |
| 1587 |
|
Shah Abbas the Great becomes rules of Persia |
