Sunni-Shia split
656–680 · Event
Dispute over succession to Muhammad fractures the early Muslim community; deepens at Karbala 680.
On these timelines: Islam, Major Religions, Master
More from Islam
- Muhammad's first revelation (610)
- Death of Muhammad (632)
- Islamic Golden Age (750)
- Mongol sack of Baghdad (1258)
- Abbasid Caliphate founded (750)
- Rashidun Caliphate begins (632)
- Uthman standardises the Quran (650)
- Umayyad Caliphate begins (661)
Around 656
- Muhammad (570)
- Hijra (622)
- Tang dynasty (618)
- Arab conquest of the Maghreb (647)
- Battle of Yarmouk (636)
- Srivijaya Empire (650)
- Fall of the Sasanian Empire (651)
- Silla unifies Korea (668)
- Sui dynasty reunifies China (581)
- Anglo-Saxon England (600)