The Ages of Islam

عصور الإسلام

A trail through fourteen centuries.

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Walk this pathway

5steps · 30min · newcomer · student

  1. The Prophetic era

    610-632: الوحي والدولة.

    The Prophetic Era · Muhammad

  2. The Rashidun

    632-661: الخلفاء الأربعة.

    The Rashidun Caliphate · Abu Bakr al-Siddiq

  3. The Umayyads

    661-750: دمشق تحكم العالم.

    The Umayyad Period · Damascus

  4. The Abbasids

    750-1258: بغداد والذهب.

    The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation

  5. Gunpowder

    1500-1800: العثمانيون والصفويون والمغول.

    The Gunpowder Empires · Ottoman Empire · The Modern Era

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Overview

A path through time: prophethood, the rightly guided, the Umayyads, the Abbasids, the Mamluks, gunpowder and modernity. Fourteen centuries.

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islam.museum contributors. “The Ages of Islam”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-periods/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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