AP World History Timeline 090610 Flashcards
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| 81685211 | 570 | Mohammed is born | 0 | |
| 81685212 | 590 | Mohammed becomes a trader | 1 | |
| 81685213 | 610 | Mohammed receives revelation from Allah by way of Gabriel, | 2 | |
| 81685214 | 622 | Mohammed is forced to leave Mecca to take refuge in Medina, where he helps sort out disputes | 3 | |
| 81685215 | Mid-620's | Quraysh launch attacks at Medina, Many of the Bedouins converted and helped | 4 | |
| 81685216 | 628 | Treaty signed with Quraysh (basically Mohammed won) | 5 | |
| 81685217 | 629 | Mohammed returns to Mecca and destroys the idols in the Ka'ba | 6 | |
| 81685218 | 630 | take over Mecca | 7 | |
| 81685219 | 632 | Mohammed dies suddenly, Many of the Bedouin followers renounce their faith, Quarreling about succession ensues, Abu Bakr is chosen to be caliph | 8 | |
| 81685220 | 633 | Most of Arabia is reunited, Expeditions begin to conquer surrounding lands, Rival prophets are defeated (Ridda wars) | 9 | |
| 81685221 | 634 | Beginning of Byzantine and Persian conquests, Calif Umar | 10 | |
| 81685222 | 640 | Syria, western Iraq, and Palestine all taken, Egypt starts getting probed, Conquest of Persians | 11 | |
| 81685223 | 651 | Last of Sasanian rulers killed | 12 | |
| 81685224 | 656 | Calif Uthamn assassinated, Ali promoted to be calif, Umayyads reject him, Ali wins the Battle of the Camel, gains followers | 13 | |
| 81685225 | 660 | Mu'awiya proclaimed calif by the Umayyad | 14 | |
| 81685226 | 661 | Ali assassinated, Split between Sunnis (Umayyad) and Shi'is (Ali) | 15 | |
| 81685227 | 680 | Husayn assassinated | 16 | |
| 81685228 | Early 700s | Political center of empire shifts to Damascus, Umayyad rulers retreat into luxury which angered citizens | 17 | |
| 81685229 | 710 | Umayyad entrance into Spain | 18 | |
| 81685230 | 717 | end of advancement on Bizenteen front | 19 | |
| 81685231 | 732 | Charles Martel and Franks block Arabs from continuing into western Europe Battle of Tours | 20 | |
| 81685232 | 750 | Battle on the River Zah had an Abbasid victory | 21 | |
| 81685233 | 760 | construction of Bagdad where Abbasid will rule | 22 | |
| 81685234 | 786 | Harun al-Rashid takes the throne | 23 | |
| 81685235 | 809 | Harun al-Rashid dies and the first of a few civil wars begin | 24 | |
| 81685236 | 945 | the Buyids of Persia invade the Abbasid empire and capture Baghdad, Califs become puppets controlled by the Buyids | 25 | |
| 81685237 | 1055 | the Seljuk Turks take over(from Persia) | 26 | |
| 81685238 | 1071 | the Persians battle the Turks but the Turks win | 27 | |
| 81685239 | 1096 | the crusades begin | 28 | |
| 81685240 | 1258 | Bagdad conquered by Mongols - end of Abbasid caliphate | 29 |