Umar Timeline

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632 - 634

Abu Bakr becomes the first caliph (successor to Muhammad) of the Rashidun Caliphate.
632 - 633

Ridda Wars (Wars of Apostacy): re-unification of the Arabian Peninsula under the banner of Islam.
634 - 644

Umar ibn al-Khattab succeeds Abu Bakr, becoming the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.
634

Battle of Ajnadayn: Muslim invasion of Syria.
636

Byzantine defeat at the Battle of Yarmouk.
636

Battle of al-Qadisiyya.
637

Muslim invasion of the Levant. The Byzantines are driven out.
638

Umar distributes food during a famine in Arabia.
640

Battle of Heliopolis. Byzantine forces defeated by Umar's general Amr ibn al-Aas.
644 - 656

Uthman ibn 'Affan succeeds Umar to become the third caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.

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