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570
Mecca
Birth of Muhammad -
575
Mecca
Muhammad is orphaned -
605
Kaaba
Muhammad is entrusted to place the black stone of Kaaba back into the Kaaba -
610
Hira Cave
Muhammad goes to meditate at Mount Hira, near Mecca and is visited by the Archangel Gabriel -
613
Mecca
Muhammad spreads the teachings of Islam -
620
Dome of the Rock
Muhammad has another revelation in which he was taken to a great mosque. He ascends to heaven where he meets all the great prophets learning all the rules, etc and comes back on Earth -
622
Constitution of Medina
Muhammad and his followers leave Mecca and emigrate to Medina, building the first Muslim community and gradually evolving from there. This event is known as Hijra or migration -
630
Pilgrimage back to Mecca
Muhammad and his followers pilgrimage back to Mecca. -
632
June 8
Muhammad passes after a brief illness. -
661
Military Conquest 632
Muhammad was succeeded by four caliphs, Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali. The final caliph, Ali, was married to Muhammad’s daughter, Fatima and was murdered in 661. His death instigated a divide within the Muslim community as followers of Ali believed he should have been a successor of Muhammad. This group of people came to be known as Shia’s. The Sunni’s, the ones who do not believe Ali should have succeeded Muhammad, make up a majority of the Muslim community.