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Islam divides the world in two:
1) The House of Islam (dar al-Islam): Nations submitted to Islamic rule.
2) The House of War (dar al-harb): Nations that have not submitted to Islam but must be submitted according to Islamic doctrine. Thus, Muslims (dar al-Islam) believe they must make war upon non-Muslims (dar al-harb) until all nations submit to the will of Allah and accept Sharia law.

Following is a list of the major Islamic invasions which necessitated the Western Crusades.

ISLAMIC JIHAD

630	Muhammad conquers Mecca from his base in Medina.
632	Muhammad dies in Medina. Islam controls the Hijaz.
636	Muslims conquest of Syria, and the surrounding lands, all Christian – including Palestine and Iraq.
637	Muslim Jihadists conquer Iraq (some date it in 635 or 636).
638	Muslim Jihadists conquer and annex Jerusalem, taking it from the Byzantines.
638 – 650	Muslim Jihadists conquer Iran, except along Caspian Sea.
639 – 642	Muslim Jihadists conquer Egypt.
641	Muslim Jihadists control Syria and Palestine.
643 – 707	Muslim Jihadists conquer North Africa.
644 – 650	Muslim Jihadists conquer Cyprus, Tripoli in North Africa, and establish Islamic rule in Iran, Afghanistan, and Sind.
673 – 678	Arabs besiege Constantinople, capital of Byzantine Empire.
691	Dome of the Rock is completed in Jerusalem, only six decades after Muhammad’s death.
710 – 713	Muslim Jihadists conquer the lower Indus Valley.
711 – 713	Muslim Jihadists conquer Spain and impose the kingdom of Andalus. The Muslim conquest moves into Europe.
718	Conquest of Spain complete.
732	Muslim invasion of France is stopped at the Battle of Poitiers / Battle of Tours. The Franks, under their leader Charles Martel (the grandfather of Charlemagne), defeat the Muslims and turn them back out of France.
762	Foundation of Baghdad.
785	Foundation of the Great Mosque of Cordova.
789	Rise of Idrisid amirs (Muslim Jihadists) in Morocco; Christoforos, a Muslim who converted to Christianity, is executed.
800	Autonomous Aghlabid dynasty (Muslim Jihadists) in Tunisia
807	Caliph Harun al—Rashid orders the destruction of non-Muslim prayer houses & of the church of Mary Magdalene in Jerusalem.
809	Aghlabids (Muslim Jihadists) conquer Sardinia, Italy.
813	Christians in Palestine are attacked; many flee the country.
831	Muslim Jihadists capture Palermo, Italy; raids in Southern Italy.
837 – 901	Aghlabids (Muslim Jihadists) conquer Sicily, raid Corsica, Italy, France.
869 – 883	Revolt of black slaves in Iraq.
909	Rise of the Fatimid Caliphate in Tunisia; these Muslim Jihadists occupy Sicily, Sardinia.
928 – 969	Byzantine military revival, they retake old territories, such as Cyprus (964) and Tarsus (969).
937	The Church of the Resurrection (aka Church of Holy Sepulcher) is burned down by Muslims; more churches in Jerusalem are attacked.
960	Conversion of Qarakhanid Turks to Islam.
969	Fatimids (Muslim Jihadists) conquer Egypt and found Cairo.
973	Israel and southern Syria are again conquered by the Fatimids.
1003	First persecutions by al—Hakim; the Church of St. Mark in Fustat, Egypt, is destroyed.
1009	Destruction of the Church of the Resurrection by al—Hakim (see 937).
1012	Beginning of al—Hakim’s oppressive decrees against Jews and Christians.
1050	Creation of Almoravid (Muslim Jihadists) movement in Mauretania; Almoravids (aka Murabitun) are coalition of western Saharan Berbers; followers of Islam, focusing on the Quran, the hadith, and Maliki law.
1071	Battle of Manzikert, Seljuk Turks (Muslim Jihadists) defeat Byzantines and occupy much of Anatolia.
1071	Turks (Muslim Jihadists) invade Palestine.
1073	Conquest of Jerusalem by Turks (Muslim Jihadists).
1075	Seljuks (Muslim Jihadists) capture Nicea (Iznik) and make it their capital in Anatolia.
1076	Almoravids (Muslim Jihadists) (see 1050) conquer western Ghana.
1086	Almoravids (Muslim Jihadists) (see 1050) send help to Andalus, Battle of Zallaca.
1090 – 1091	Almoravids (Muslim Jihadists) occupy all of Andalus except Saragossa and Balearic Islands.

START OF WESTERN CRUSADES Only after all of the Islamic aggressive invasions is when Western Christendom launches its first Crusades.

1094	Byzantine emperor Alexius Comnenus I asks western Christendom for help against Seljuk (Muslim Turks) invasions of his territory.
1095	Pope Urban II preaches first Crusade; they capture Jerusalem in 1099.