HOW TO CREATE A TIMELINE

ISLAMIC
EMPIRE

TIMELINE

Agraphicalrepresentationofaperiodoftime,onwhichimportantevents
aremarked.(OxfordAdvancedLearnersDictionary)

Think for a
while what

REASONS TO MAKE A TIMELINE

are timelines
useful for?
They can be used to record events from a story
or a history lesson in a sequential format
Keep events in chronological order
Help us to make connections
timelines can appear visually less complex
than pure text
to help students organize information in a
chronological sequence so that they can better
understand growth, change, recurring events,
cause and effect, and key events of historical,
social, and scientific significance

HOW TO DO IT
STEPS TO FOLLOW

1
2

TAKE A PIECE OF PAPER ( IN YOUR NOTEBOOK), A

PENCIL AND A RULER

Learning
by doing

(HORIZONTAL)

GIVE IT A TITLE: ISLAMIC EMPIRE

(TOPOFTHEPAGE)

3
4
7
8

DECIDE UNIT OF MESURE, ACCORDING TO THE LENGHT OF THE

PERIOD: YEARS, DECADES OR CENTURIES
(CENTURIES)
DRAW TWO PARALLEL LINES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE and
CLOSE THEM IN THEIR ENDS AS IT IS MODELED
COLOUR THE TIMELINE CORRESPONDING TO THE DIFFERENT
PERIODS
MARK THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS

TAKE A PIECE OF PAPER ( IN YOUR NOTEBOOK), A

PENCIL AND A RULER

(HORIZONTAL)

GIVE IT A TITLE: ISLAMIC EMPIRE

(TOPOFTHEPAGE)

ISLAMIC EMPIRE TIMELINE

DRAW TWO PARALLEL LINES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE and

CLOSE THEM IN THEIR ENDS AS IT IS MODELED

ISLAMIC EMPIRE TIMELINE

WRITE THE FIRST AND LATE DATES IN THE RIGHT AND LEFT ENDS

1258

THE EXPANSION OF ISLAM

570

DECIDE UNIT OF MESURE, ACCORDING TO THE LENGHT OF THE

PERIOD: YEARS, DECADES OR CENTURIES
(CENTURIES)

1258

THE EXPANSION OF ISLAM

THINKING
NOT DOING
YET.

570

7th

8th

9th

10th

11th

12th

DIVIDE IT INTO EQUAL SEGMENTS CORRESPONDING TO THE

CENTURIES REPRESENTED:
BE ACCURATE!! AND WRITE THE DATES IN BETWEEN

1258

1200

1100

1000

900

800

700

THE EXPANSION OF ISLAM

570
600

MARK THE DATES OF THE DIFFERENT PERIODS

1258

1200

1100

1055
1000

900

800

750
700

661

632

THE EXPANSION OF ISLAM

570
600

EXPLAIN THE DATES WITH A SHORT EXPLANATION

1258

Invasion
of
the
Turks

1200

Invasion
of
the
Turks

1100

1000

900

Beginning of
the Abbasids

800

661

632

750

700

570
600

Muhammad
s birth

End of
the
Orthodox
califathe

1055

THE EXPANSION OF ISLAM

Muhammad
s death

COLOUR THE TIMELINE CORRESPONDING TO THE DIFFERENT

PERIODS

1258

Invasion
of
the
Turks

1200

Invasion
of
the
Turks

1100

1055

900

Beginning of
the Abbasids

800

750

End of
the
Orthodox
califathe

700

Muhammad
s birth

661

570
600
632

Muhammad
s death

1000

THE EXPANSION OF ISLAM

10 NAME THE DIFFERENT PERIODS

MUHAMMADS
LIIFE

ORTHODOX UMAYYAD
CALIPHATE CALIPHATE

ABBASID
CALIPHATE

1258

Invasion
of
the
Turks

1200

Invasion
of
the
Turks

1100

1055

900

Beginning of
the Abbasids

800

750

End of
the
Orthodox
califathe

700

570
600
632

Muhammad
s birth

661

Muhammad
s death

1000

THE EXPANSION OF ISLAM

11ADD SOME PICTURES TO ILLUSTRATE THE TIMELINE

THE EXPANSION OF ISLAM

MUHAMMADS
LIIFE

ORTHODOX UMAYYAD
CALIPHATE CALIPHATE

ABBASID
CALIPHATE

1258

Invasion
of
the
Turks

1200

1055
1100

900

1000

Invasion
of
the
Turks

Beginning of
the Abbasids

800

750

End of
the
Orthodox
califathe

661
700

570
600

Muhammad
s birth

632

Muhammad
s death

E
M
O
C
OUT

MUHAMMADS
LIIFE

ORTHODOX
CALIPHATE

UMAYYAD
CALIPHATE

ABBASID
CALIPHATE

1258

Invasion
of
the
Turks

1200

Invasion
of
the
Turks

1100

1055

1000

900

Beginning of
the Abbasids

800

End of
the
Orthodox
califathe

750

570
600
632

Muhammad
s birth

THE EXPANSION OF ISLAM

700

Muhammad
s death