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Name Pd. Date: Islam Conversion/Conquest Sort Directions: 1. Mark a “CQ” for conquest, T for trade, or “CV” for conversion by each date and statement. 2. Answer the questions (in the questions folder). 622 Muhammad and the Muslims migrated from Makkah to Madinah at the invitation of the Madinans. Muhammad became the city’s leader, and the first Muslim community was established. 630 Makkah surrendered to the Muslim force, placing the city under Muslim rule. Many members of the Quraysh clan accepted Islam shortly after. 632 Muhammad died, leaving much of the Arabian Peninsula under Muslim rule. 634-650 Muslim armies defeated Byzantine and Persian imperial armies, bringing Syria, Iraq, Egypt and Iran under Muslim rule, including the cities of Jerusalem, Damascus, and Alexandria. 711-715 Spain, Turkistan and Sind (northern India) were brought under Muslim 750–760 Muslim merchants visited and settled in Chang’an, the largest city in China, and in other southern Chinese ports. 800-850 Islam became the faith of the majority of people in Iran. 819 The Samanids became the first independent Muslim state in northeastern Iran and inner Eurasia. By the 900’s CE, Islam became the majority religion in that region. 850-900 Islam became the majority religion in Iraq, Egypt and Tunisia. 940-1000 Islam became the majority religion in Muslim-ruled parts of the Iberian Peninsula (today’s Spain and Portugal). 1000-1100 Muslim traders in West Africa began to spread Islam. Muslims settled in the Champa region of Vietnam and introduced Islam. 1040-1050 The Almoravids, a Muslim Berber ruling group, spread Islam in Mauritania and other parts of West Africa. They campaigned against the Soninke kings of Ghana. 1060-1070 The Almoravids ruled in North Africa and Muslim Spain (al-Analus). The empire of Ghana weakened. 1200 Islam became the majority religion in Syria. 1200-1300 Ghana’s empire collapsed and Mali rose. Rulers of Kanemj, near Lake Shad, became Muslim. rule. 1270-1300 Muslims settled in northern ports of Sumatra (today’s Indonesia). Muslim traders had close trade and cultural contacts in the trading cities on the east Indian coast, such as Gujarat. 1300 Islam became the majority faith in Anatolia (part of today’s Turkey). 1295 The Ilkhan ruler Ghazan “the Reformer” was the first Mongol leader to become Muslim, along with most of his Mongol generals. 1324-25 Mansa Musa, king of Mali, made the pilgrimage journey to Makkah, strengthening Mali’s links with Islam. 1300-1400 Mali, Gao, and Timbuktu, cities on the Niger River in west Africa became important centers of Muslim trade and scholarship. 1400-1500 A ruler of Malacca converted to Islam, while that port city was becoming an important stop on the China-Indian Ocean trade routes. From Malacca, Islamic influence spread in the Malay Peninsula and nearby islands. 1453 Ottoman forces conquered the city of Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire.