3. History500-700 570 AD Prophet Mohammed was born 610 began calling people to Islam 622 migrated to Medina (the beginning of Muslim Hijri Colander). 632 Mohammed Died 632 – 661 The Caliph’s period (Madinah is the capital) 661-750 the Ummayyad Period (Damascus is the capital)
4. Expansion under Prophet Mohammad, 612-632 Expansion during the First three caliphs, 632-655 Expansion during the Umayyad Caliphate, 661-750
6. History900-1200 836 capital was moved to Samera, Iraq 909-1171 Fatimid caliphate established in North Africa 970 foundation of Al Azher (1st University) 1095 Crusades 1099 Capturing Jerusalem 1147-1149 2nd Crusades 1171 Salahidn established the Ayyubid 1187 return of Jerusalem 1189-1192 3rd Crusades
7. History1200-1500 1204 4th Crusades 1218 5th Crusades 1220-1260 Mongols invade Muslims Mongols Destroy Baghdad 1340 Begin of Ottoman period 1389 Ottomans defeat Serbs in Kosovo 1396 Ottomans reach Venice and Hungary 1435 Ottomans capture Constantinople 1492 Muslims were expelled from Spain
8. History1500-Now 1520 Muslims capture Belgrade 1520-1560 the peak of Ottoman period 1529 Ottomans surrounded Vienna 1699 the first loos of Ottoman territory (Treaty of Karlowitz) 1700’s the revive of true religion (Mohammed bin Abdulwahabin the Arabian Peninsula)
9. 1738 Mongol empire invaded by the Afghans 1830 Greece independence from Ottomans 1878 Congress of Berlin recognizes independence of Balkan states 1882-1952 Egypt occupied by the British 1896-1897 Theodore Herzl publishes “The State of the Jews” 1914-1918 WWI 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement. Palestine under the British influence
10. 1917 Britain issues Balfour Declaration 1930 “Nation of Islam” USA 1939 -1945 WW2 1945 spread of Islam in the west 1948British mandate ends, Israel declares statehood 1979 Shi'a state in Iran is established 1987 Intifada, a Palestinian uprising against Israelis 1990 Iraq conquer Kuwait 2001 World Trade Centre attack 2001 USA attack Afghanistan 2003 USA attacks Iraq
13. Geographical facts The most populous Muslim country is Indonesia, the 4th largest country in the world with 184 million Muslims. There are more Muslims in India than the combined population of Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine and the whole of the Arabian Peninsula. The name “Muhammad” is the most common name in the world
14. The following English words are borrowed from Arabic: Algebra, Zero, Cotton, Sofa, Rice, Candy, Saffron, Balcony, and 'alchohol‘. Arabic is not spoken by the majority of Muslims. John Nelson is the first UK Muslim convert around 1636. Shah JahanMosque, Woking is the first mosque in the UK. 1889.