Umayyad+Time+Line

= Umayyad Time Line = __**632 AD**__ - Death of Prophet Muhammad

__**661 AD**__ - Ali assassinated, Mu'awiya comes to power

__**680 AD**__ - Mu'awiya dies (stroke), succeeded by son Yazid I

__**683 AD**__ - Battle of al-Harrah, Yazid I dies suddenly, son Mu'awiya II reigns for four months until 684 AD

__**684 AD**__ - Marwan I in power, civil war - Marwan I wins, recaptures Egypt and Syria

__**685 AD**__ - Matwan I dies, Abd al-Malik comes to power

__**686 AD**__ - Battle of Mamma - retook Ifriqiya

__**691 AD**__ - Dome of the Rock built

__**705 AD**__ - Abd al-Malik dead, Al-Walid I successor

__**711 AD**__ - Muslim armies start expansion into Spain

__**715 AD**__ - Al-Walid dies, Sulayman in power

__**716 AD**__ - Muuslim armies capture Spain

__**717 AD**__ - Sulayman dies on way to attack Byzantine border, Umar elected to power

__**720 AD**__ - Umar poisoned, cousin succeeds - Yazid II

__**724 AD**__ - Yazid II dies of tuberculosis, brother Hisham in power

__**743 AD**__ - Hishim dies of diphtheria, succeeded by nephew, Al-Walid II

__**744 AD**__ - Al-Walid II defeated and killed, cousin Yazid III comes to power - reigns for six months, brother Ibrahim succeeds him - ruled for short period of time then abdicated and goes into hiding, Marwan II in power - last Umayyad caliph

__**750 AD**__ - Marwan II flees and is caught and killed, end of Umayyad Caliphate