Age of the Caliphs      Expansion under Prophet Mohammad, 622-632      Expansion during the Patriarchal Caliphate, 632-661      Expansion during the Umayyad Caliphate, 661-750
The Caliphate later also included Cyprus, Crete, Rhodes and Sicily.

Islamic Empire may refer to

• The Caliphates of the early Middle Ages:
  • Rashidun Caliphate (632-661)
  • Umayyad Caliphate (661-750) - Successor of the Rashidun Caliphate
    • Umayyad Emirate in the Al-Andalus (Islamic Iberia) (750-929)
    • Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba in the Al-Andalus (Islamic Iberia) (929-1031)
  • Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258) - Successor of the Umayyad Caliphate
  • Fatimid Caliphate (910-1171)
  • Ayyubid dynasty (1174–1342)
  • Mamluk (1250-1517)

• The 9^th to 11^th century saw the formation of several Muslim Iranian dynasties,
  • Samanids (819–999)
  • Tahirid dynasty (821-873)
  • Saffarid dynasty (861-1003)
  • Buyid dynasty (932-1055)
  • Sallarid (942-979)

• Late Medieval Islamic Empires, predominantly under Berber and Turkic rule,
  • Almoravid dynasty (1040–1147)
  • Almohad dynasty (1121–1269)
  • Ghaznavids (963–1187)
  • Timurid dynasty (1370–1526)

• Early Modern Islamic Empires
  • Mughal Empire (1526–1858)
  • Safavid dynasty (1501–1736)
  • Afsharid dynasty (1736–1796)
  • Ottoman Empire (1299–1923)

[edit] See also

• Persian Empire
• Mongol Empire
• History of Western civilization

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