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527
Church of St Sophia
527-65: Justinian reigns as greatest Byzantine emperor, & builds Hagia Sofia, greatest Christian church in the world for nearly 1000 years -
537
King Arthur
Death of King Aurthur of the britons, at the Battel of Camlan. -
540
540-561 War
War between Persia and the Byzantine Empire. -
554
Justinian
Justinian reconquers part of the Visigoth kingdom in Spain. -
570
Muhammad Birth
Muhammad was born in the year 570 in the town of Mecca -
Period: 570 to Jan 1, 632
Muhammad life's time line
Muhammad life's time line -
575
Muhammad became an orphan
Muhammad was five year old when his mother take him to town few hundred miles north to Mecca. On return journy his mother died and nurse take Muhammad back to Mecca and live with is uncle. -
May 23, 600
500- 900 CE
500's - 900's: The Byzantine Emperor invites Central Asian Turks into Anatolia to serve as mercenaries -
May 22, 610
Muhammad Receives First Revelation
Mecca's new materialism and its traditional idolatry disturbed Muhammad. He began making long retreats to a mountain cave outside town. -
May 26, 611
611-616 Persians and Arads
The conquests of the Persians and Arabs cost the empire its territories in the Middle East,North Africa,Spain and Sicily. -
May 22, 613
Muhammad takes this Message Public
After several similar experiences, Muhammad finally began to reveal the messages he was receiving to his tribe. These were gathered verse by verse and later would become the Qur'an, Islam's sacred scripture. -
May 22, 622
Muhammad and the Muslim Emigrate to Medina
Muhammad and his few hundred followers left Mecca and traveled to Yathrib, the oasis town where his father was buried.Yathrib soon became known as Medina, the City of the Prophet. Muhammad remained here for the next six years, building the first Muslim community and gradually gathering more and more people to his side. -
May 23, 625
625-628CE Military period
In March, 628, a treaty was signed between Muhammad’s tribe and Madina, which recognized the Muslims as a new force in Arabia and gave them freedom to move throughout Arabia. -
May 23, 630
The Conquest for Mecca
In January, 630, they marched on Mecca and were joined by tribe after tribe along the way. They entered Mecca without bloodshed. -
May 23, 632
630-632 CE Muhammad’s final Years
After the pilgrimage, he returned to Medina. Three months later on June 8, 632 he died there, after a brief illness. He is buried in the mosque in Medina. -
Muhammad in Mecca In car of an Uncle
Muhammad's grandfather died in 578. That time Muhammad was about eight year old and grew up with his uncle Abu Talib. -
580-594 CE Muhammad's Teen
Muhammad worked as a shepherd to earn a living. In his teens he sometimes traveled with Abu Talib. -
Muhammad Acts as Caravan for Wealthy Tradeswomen, Khadija
When Muhammad was 20 year old he entered the service of a wealthy Meccan merchant, a widow named Khadija. Muhammad carried her goods to the north and returned with a profit. -
595-609CE Muhammad’s Marriage and Family Life
Khadija impressed by Muhammad's honesty and character, Khadija eventually proposed marriage. They were married in about 595. He was twenty-five. She was nearly forty. -
528-534 Western European law
Justinian's most lasting achievement was to organize the Roman legal system into the Code of Justinian. -
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