History of Islam
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This article is about the history of Islam as a culture and polity. For a history of the Islamic faith, see Islamic schools and branches.
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Contents
1Timeline
2Early sources and historiography
3Islamic origins
4Rashidun Caliphate
5Umayyad Caliphate
6Islamic Golden Age
6.1Islamic world during the Abbasid Caliphate
7Fatimid Caliphate
7.1Fatimid caliphs
8Crusades
8.1Ayyubid dynasty
9Mongol period
9.1Mongol invasions
9.2Islamic Mongol empires
9.3Mamluk Sultanate
10Al-Andalus
10.1Emirs of Al-Andalus
11Islam in Africa
11.1Maghreb
11.2Horn of Africa
11.3Great Lakes
12Islam in East Asia
12.1Indian subcontinent
12.2Southeast Asia
12.3China
13Early Modern period
13.1Ottoman Empire
13.2Safavid Empire
13.3Mughal Empire
14Modern period
14.1Ottoman Empire partition
14.2Arab–Israeli conflict
14.3Other Islamic affairs
15See also
16Notes
17References
18Sources
19External links
Timeline
Main article: Timeline of Muslim history
The following timeline can serve as a rough visual guide to the most important polities in the Islamic world prior to the First World War. It covers major historical centers of power and culture, including Arabia, Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), Persia (modern Iran), Levant (modern Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel/Palestine), Egypt, Maghreb (north-west Africa), al-Andalus (Iberia), Transoxania (Central Asia), Hindustan (including modern Pakistan, North India and Bangladesh), and Anatolia (modern Turkey). It is necessarily an approximation, since rule over some regions was sometimes divided among
Dates are approximate, consult particular articles for details.
Early sourceented by Syriac Christian sources for Syria and Iraq.[22]
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