Timeline Flashcards
1
Q
570 CE
A
Muhammad born in Mecca
2
Q
610 CE
A
First Quranic revelations
3
Q
622 CE - Islamic/Hijri calendar begins
A
Hijra to Yathrib (Medina)
4
Q
630 CE
A
Return to Mecca
5
Q
632 CE
A
Muhammad dies
6
Q
632-661 CE
A
Rightly guided caliphs
7
Q
661 CE
A
‘Ali killed
8
Q
661-750 CE
A
Umayyad caliphate
9
Q
711 CE
A
Muslims enter Iberia
10
Q
750-1258 CE
A
‘Abbasid caliphate
11
Q
1258 CE
A
Mongols sack Baghdad
12
Q
1299-1923 CE
A
Ottoman empire
13
Q
1453 CE
A
Ottomans conquer Constantinople (Istanbul)