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A Brief History of Islam: Rise, Expansion, Current Issues, and Orientalism

Islamic World Today

Life & Death in the Arabian PeninsulaLife & Death in the Arabian Peninsula

Map of “Arabia before the Prophet”

Map of “Arabia before the Prophet”

Mohammed's birth in Mecca (570)

Mohammed marries Khadija (595)

Mohammed begins receiving the Quran (611)

Hijra to Medina (622)Mohammed's followers

conquer Mecca (630)Mohammed dies (632)

Origins—Mohammed (570 AD-632 AD)

Formative stage— Four Righteous Caliphs (632-661) Formative stage— Four Righteous Caliphs (632-661)

The Early Empires—Classical Islam (661-1258) The Early Empires—Classical Islam (661-1258)

Abu Bakr (632-634)Islam moves West to

Egypt, North to Syria, East to Iran.

Umar (634-644) Text of Quran

establishedUthman (644-656) Ali (656-661)

Islam moves West across N. Africa to Spain, East to India, and north to Samarkand.

Umayyad Dynasty (661-750) Shia group separates from

rest of ummah (Sunni) (680s) Abbasid Dynasty (750-1258) Ismaili Shia founded (765) Twelver Shia founded (874) Fatimid Dynasty in Egypt

(909-1171) Authoritative Hadith (prophetic

traditions) collections (800s-900s)

Christian Crusades to the Holy Land (1095-1270)

Expansion of and Changes in Islam after Mohammed’s Death

Map of the Expansion of Islam, by 800 AD

The Later Empires (1258-1918) The Later Empires (1258-1918)

Modern Period: 20th & 21st Century Modern Period: 20th & 21st Century

Dehli Sultanates of North India (1200-1526)

Muslim States in Southern India (1350-1680)

Ottoman Empire (1380-1918) Ottomans conquer Christian-ruled

Constantinople, rename it Istanbul (1453)

Christians drive last of Muslims out of Spain. (1492)

Safavid dynasty in Iran (1501-1799)

Mughal dynasty in India (1526-1857) Taj Mahal completed (1654)

Napolean invades Egypt (1798)

Christian colonization of N. Africa and Middle East (1815-1900)

Ottoman Empire divided among European powers (1918)

Muslim Brotherhood founded in Egypt (1928)

Arab-Israel war (1948) Palestine Liberation Organization

founded (1964) Iranian revolution (1979) Liberation of countries from

various European colonial rule (1919-1984)

First Gulf War in Iraq (1991-1992) Taliban rule of Afghanistan (1994-

2001) 9/11/2001 Terrorist attacks by al-

Qaida, funded by Saudi Arab Osama bin Laden

War in Afghanistan (2001-present) Second Gulf War in Iraq (2003-

present)

Islam in the next 800 Years

In 1900In 1900 After World War I, 1918After World War I, 1918

The Ottoman Empire Dismembered in the 20th Century

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