Byzantium and Islam
The Eastern Roman Empire expands its boundaries and its influence
| Emperor Justinian I 527-565 Justinian's Corpus iuris civilis (Body of Civil Law) 530-535 AD = Digest, Code, Institutes, and Novella |
King of the Franks Clovis 481-511 |
| Byzantine Reconquest of Italy and Western Mediterranean 536-555 | Lombards invade Italy 568-572 |
| Birth of Mohammad ca. 570 | Hegira (Flight of the Prophet) from Mecca to Yathrib (Medina) 622 A.D. |
| Mohammad dies 8 June, 632 A.D. | Battle of Yarmuk 636 A.D.. First great victory of Moslems over Byzantines |
| Arabs conquer Jerusalem 637 Damascus 635 and Alexandria 642 A.D. |
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem |
| Arabs reach the Straits of Gibralter 711 A.D. Tariq Ibn Ziyad (Jabal Tariq=Gibraltar) | Arabs conquer most of modern Spain 719 A.D. |
| Constantinople beseiged: 669, 673-678, 716-718, 783-785 |
Battle of Tours (Poitiers) (732) |
