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          3070
 100
 
 310
 410
 476-1000
 476-1095
 570
 610
 622
 632
 638
 711-1492
 732
 750
 875
 
 1000-1517
 1071
 1095-1291
 
 
 
 1453
 1517
 1680
 
 
 1924
 
 
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          Jesus CrucifiedJewish revolt, Destruction of Jerusalem Temple
 Christians collect "Bible" Writings
 
 Rome grants legal rights to Christians
 Rome sacked and burned
 Dark Ages in Europe
 Constantinople rules the Empire
 Mohammed is born
 Mohammed's visions begin
 Mohammed flees Mecca
 Mohammed dies; Qur'an Codified
 Islam captures the Holy Land
 Islam invades Spain, driven out in 1492
 Battle of Tours, France, Islam's advance is stopped
 Islam begins to fragment
 Islam divided into nine realms, Sunnie &Shia Islam
 
 End of the Dark Ages; Rise of the Papacy
 Turks capture Jerusalem, ban Christian pilgrimages
 Pope Urban II, Crusades
 
 
 
 Constantinople falls to Islamic forces
 Reformation begins in Europe
 Ottoman (Turkey) empire reaches it's zenith
 
 
 Europe divides Islam into current nation states following WW I
 
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