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Timeline Milestones Religious Diversity Intellectual Developments

7th Life of the Prophet Mohd. Acceptance of people of Law making in Medina
Start of Hijri calendar the book
Revelation of Quran
Period of 4 Khulafa-e-Rashidun Khariji movement Compilation of Quran
Era of Arab conquests into Asia New religious traditions Early development of the sciences of Law
Buddhist, Zoroastrian, & Grammar
Manachean, Hindu
encountered & accepted
Ummayyad Caliphate (661-750) Battle of Karbala (680) Gathering of knowledge resources from
and beginning of a conquered territories
separate shii identity Translation Bureau
8th Expansion into Europe by Ummayyads Rise of Shiism (factions, Discovery & development of Greek
rebellions, development Science & Philosophy
of law & Imamate)
Abbassid Revolution (750) Political Marginalization Age of Philosophy
of Shia Imams Bayt-ul-Hikma
Abbassid Caliphate Split of Ismaili Shia Beginnings of Sufi/Mystical practice in
Golden age of Harun al Rashid hazir Imam Iraq
9th Abbassid Civil War(s) State control over 12ver Schools of Sunni Law take shape
Rise of Al-Mamun Imams sahih Hadith collections are codified
Cont. Shia revolts
Cont. expansion of empire 12th Shia Imam goes into Mutazili age
ghayba (874)
10th Increasing control of Perso-Turkish tribes Qarmatiya in Bahrain Sufi ideas & practice take shape
in the running of the Abbassid State (carry away hajr-e- Anti-establishment Sufism age of
aswad) Mansur al-Hallaj (d. 922)
Zaydis in Yemen Crystallization of Shii schools of law &
Islamailis in Multan philosophies
Rise of the Fatimid Caliphate in North Spread of Islam on the University of al-Azhar founded in Cairo
Africa imperial frontiers
Rivalry with Abbassids through Ismaili dais
11th Rise of the Ghaznavids in Afghanistan & Nizamiyya Madrassas across Iran
eastern Iran Political philosophy of Nizam-ul-Mulk
Expansion into North India
Rise of the Seljuks Age of the Ismaili Age of Ibn Sina (d. 1067)
Expansion into Rum Assassins under Hassan Age of Omar Khayyam
Byzantine Emperor Captured as-Sabah (Alamut)
Age of al-Ghazali (d. 1111)

12th The Crusades begin Salahuddin ends Fatimid

Empire