Imperial Calendar Dwarven Calendar	Events
190 BI	Mohammed has vision on Mount Hira
187 BI	Mohammed begins preaching publicly
178 BI	Mohammed flees the pagan center of Mecca for refuge in Medina Beginning of Islamic (Hijri) calendar
176 – 175 BI	Mohammed’s followers defeat a force from Mecca at Badr, but are defeated at Uhud Mohammed begins dictating the Quran
172 – 168 BI	Mohammed marches into Mecca with 10,000 followers, establishes the Islamic tradition of the pilgrimage or Hajj Caliphate established
168 BI	Mohammed dies
168 – 166 BI	Abu-bakar becomes First Caliph, governs from Medina
166 – 156 BI	Umar ibn al-Khattab, second Patriarchal Caliph Mesopotamia, Jordan, Palestine, Syria and Egypt taken from the Byzantines Christian access to churches in Jerusalem, Antioch and Alexandria curtailed
156 – 144 BI	Uthman ibn Affan, third Patriarchal Caliph, assassinated Persia conquered Muslims expand into Cyprus, North Africa and Afghanistan
144 BI	Ali ibn Abu Talib, fourth Patriarchal Caliph, husband of Fatima, Mohammed’s daughter
139 BI	Ali assassinated Muslim civil war breaks out Muawiya becomes first Umayyad Caliph
138 – 120 BI	Muawiya restores order after civil war, makes Damascus capital of Muslim empire
126 – 108 BI	Protracted war between Byzantium and the Caliphate
120 – 108 BI	Rivalry between Syrian and Arabian Muslims leads to second civil war
108 BI	Abd-al-malik ibn Marwan defeats his rivals, ends civil war and becomes Caliph Dome of the Rock built in Jerusalem
102 – 83 BI	Muslims complete conquest of North Africa, make first incursions into Iberia and make failed attempt to take Constantinople
68 BI	Muslims continue invasion of Iberia Battle of Poitiers Muslim advance halted by Charles Martel, King of the Franks Iberia divided in two, Muslim and Christian kingdoms
60 – 58 BI	Berber revolt reduces Arab territories in North Africa
53 – 50 BI	Umayyad dynasty overthrown by Abu Muslims
50 BI	Muslim trade dominates Mediterranean All major Mediterranean cities, except Constantinople and Rome, under Muslim control Muslim’s begin to gradually rediscover lost classical knowledge
50 – 46 BI	Al Saffah “The Shedder of Blood” becomes first Abbasid Caliph
46 BI	Al Mansur becomes second Abbasid Caliph
45 BI	Surviving Umayyads move to Muslim Iberia and become its Emir
37 BI	Mansur moves capital to Baghdad Baghdad, known as the Bride of the World, becomes possibly the greatest city in the known world
14 BI	Jabir ibn Hayyan, founder of Islamic alchemy (Geber) works in the court of Caliph Haroun al-Rashid
9 BI	Egypt, under Shiite Fatimids, breaks away from Baghdad’s rule
255 AI	Seljuk Turks conquer Baghdad, become rulers of the Caliphate
271 AI	Battle of Manzikert Seljuk’s capture Byzantine emperor
272 AI	Malik Shah becomes Sultan of Seljuk Turks, expands empire over most of the Middle East
292 AI	Malikshah dies, empire breaks up into Seljuk kingdoms