By Dr. Stephen R. Phinney

2100 BC:

• The Prophet Ibrahim is born.
• By this time, the people have gone back to worshipping idols. He knows that these idols cannot be god, so he breaks them. The people try to burn him for this act, but he is saved by the Muslim ("god") Allah. He searches for the truth, which and it is revealed to him by Allah.
• The Prophet Ibrahim is ready to sacrifice his son Isma'il/Ishmael (taken from the story of Abraham being required by God to sacrifice Isaac - Genesis 22:1-7).
• Allah accepts his readiness and sends a lamb to be sacrificed instead (also from the story of Abraham and Isaac).
• The Prophet Ibrahim Isma'il (Ishmael) builds the Ka'bah (a small stone building in the court of the Great Mosque at Mecca containing a sacred black stone; the goal of Islamic pilgrimage; and the point toward which Muslims turn in prayer) in Makkah (Mecca, Saudi Arabia).

 1700 BC:

• The Prophet Ya'qub born in Egypt.
• He calls people to Allah. The believers become known as the Banu Isra'il (Bandits of Israel).

1250 BC:

• Fir'awn, the ruler of Egypt, looks upon the Banu Isra'il as foreigners and treats them harshly, fearing that one day they may be too powerful (taken from the story of Herod hearing of the followers of Jesus, the Christ Child).
• He hears about the coming of a prophet, from his seers, and gives order for every Banu Isra'il male child born to be dead (also taken from the story of Herod ordering all first born male children under 2 years of age to be put to death - Matthew 2:1-17).
• The Prophet Musa (birth origin of the term Muslim) born at this time. He is concealed by his mother for three months. When she can no longer manage, she is inspired by Allah to put him into a specially made box and throw the box into the river. He is found by a member of Fir'awns family and taken to Fir'awns wife, who adopted him (story taken from Moses being put into the basket, put into the river, found by the daughter of Pharaoh -  Exodus 2:1-7).