Template:Timeline of Islamic military history

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Timeline of Islamist Military History defensive and offensive wars

624-632 Muhammad commands over thirty military expeditions, and caravan raids 638 Muslim army, led by Caliph Umar, conquers Jerusalem 661-750 Muslim imperial conquests spread into Persia and across North Africa 674-679 First Muslim siege of Constantinople 717-718 Second Muslim siege of Constantinople 717 Moorish army invades Al-Andalus. Muslim occupation of Spain begins and continues until 1492 732-Battle of Tours Charles Martel defeats Muslim invasion of France 1000s assassination squad and Islamic sect called hash-shashin rises in Syria and Iran; assassinates important enemies. Many say that their name is the source for the word 'assassin'.