Brief chronology of Islam
- 570: birth of the Prophet.
- 609: Beginning of the revelation of the Koran and the Prophet’s mission.
- 622: Hegira.
- 630: conquest of Mecca.
- 632 Death of the Prophet.
- 632-661: period of the 4 “well-guided caliphs”.
- 670: Appearance of Chiism.
- 661-749: Umayyad dynasty, foundation of Kairouan in 670.
- 711-1492: presence of Islam in Spain.
- 749 – 1517: Abbasid dynasty, founding of Baghdad in 762.
- 788 – 1055: Idrisside dynasty in Morocco.
- 909 – 1171: Fatimid dynasty in Egypt. foundation of the Al-Azhar mosque-university in Cairo 969.
- 1299-1922: Ottoman Empire. Abolition of the Ottoman Khilafat by K. Atatürk.
- 12/25/1969: Creation of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.
- End of the 20th century: Muslim presence in Western Europe.