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570
Birth
In 570 Muhammad was born. 2 years later his father died. At the age of 5 his mother died. So Muhammad was raised by the tribe. -
570
Gregory the Great
The early Medieval world was dominated by the papacy, which was effectively created by Gregory the Great, whose career began about AD 570. -
570
Asia
The capital of the Sassanid Empire, becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire -
Dec 6, 610
The cave
Mecca's new materialism and its traditional idolatry disturbed Muhammad. He began making long retreats to a mountain cave outside town. He fasted and meditated. And he calmed to see an angel in that cave that talked to him. -
Dec 6, 610
Heraclius
Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows East Roman Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor. His first major act is to change the official language of the East Roman Empire from Latin to Greek -
Dec 5, 630
Mecca
By now the balance of power had shifted radically away from once-powerful Mecca toward Muhammad and the Muslims. In January, 630, they marched on Mecca and were joined by tribe after tribe along the way. They entered Mecca without bloodshed and the Meccans, seeing the tide had turned joined them. -
Dec 6, 630
Emperor Taizong's
Emperor Taizong's campaign against Eastern Tujue, Chinese Tang Dynasty forces under commanders Li Jing and Li Shiji destroy the Göktürk Khanate. -
Dec 6, 632
His death
In March, 632, he returned to Mecca one last time to perform a pilgrimage, and tens of thousands of Muslims joined him. After the pilgrimage, he returned to Medina. Three months later on June 8, 632 he died after a brief illness. He is buried in the mosque in Medina. (I dont now if the picture is his grave or not.) -
Muhammad marries Khadija
When he grew up he married a rich widow named Khadija. She was older than Muhammad which was odd then. -
Abu Talib
Muhammad, aged about eight, passed into the care of a paternal uncle, Abu Talib. Muhammad grew up in the older man's home and remained under Abu Talib's protection for many years. Chroniclers have underscored Muhammad's disrupted childhood. -
Teen years
In his teens he sometimes traveled with Abu Talib, who was a merchant, accompanying caravans to trade centers. On at least one occasion, he is said to have traveled as far north as Syria. Older merchants recognized his character and nicknamed him El–Amin, the one you can trust. -
Khadija
In his early twenties, Muhammad entered the service of a wealthy Meccan merchant, a widow named Khadija bint Khawalayd. The two were distant cousins. Muhammad carried her goods to the north and returned with a profit -
John
John Moscos a monk visited the christian world. -
Augustine
Augustine was the prior of a monastery in Rome when Pope Gregory the Great chose him in 595 to lead a mission, usually known as the Gregorian mission, to Britain to Christianize the King Æthelberht of the Kingdom of Kent from his native Anglo-Saxon paganism -
Visigoths
Suevi Kingdom conquered by Visigoths in Spain. -
Solon
Solon appointed archon of Athens; institutes democratic reforms
