ThE iSLaM

570-632
prophet Muhammad' founder of Islam

632-661
Age of the four so called, "righteous caliphs",
Abu Bakar As-sidiq, Umar Al-Khattab, Utman Affan, Ali bin Abi Talib

661-750
Omayyad dynasty

732
Charles Martel defeats the Arabs at poiteis, end of Muslim expansion into Europe

-the hargia sophia in instanbul was first conseciated as churchin 356,
as the result of earthquakeand politics events,it has been remodelled many times , and now serves as a mosque

-One of the earliest Islamic structures. And still today one it's most important shrines, in the dome of rock jerussalam, dating from the 7th century