Arab conquest of the Maghreb
647–709* · Event
Arab armies sweep west across North Africa over five decades, displacing Byzantines and converting the Berbers to Islam.
On these timelines: North Africa, Islam, Major Religions, Master
More from North Africa
- Punic Wars (264 BCE)
- Second Punic War (218 BCE)
- Algerian War of Independence (1954)
- Third Punic War / Destruction of Carthage (149 BCE)
- Founding of Carthage (814 BCE)
- Almohad Caliphate (1121)
- French conquest of Algeria (1830)
- Founding of Fatimid Caliphate (909)
Around 647
- Muhammad (570)
- Hijra (622)
- Tang dynasty (618)
- Muhammad's first revelation (610)
- Death of Muhammad (632)
- Battle of Yarmouk (636)
- Fall of the Sasanian Empire (651)
- Srivijaya Empire (650)
- Silla unifies Korea (668)
- Sui dynasty reunifies China (581)