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Muhammad was born in the year 570 in the town of Mecca, a mountain town in the high desert plateau of western Arabia.
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A Xiongnu chieftain, Yan Ch'ien, unifies northern China by force.
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Smallpox spreads from India into Europe.
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Emperor Phocas donates The Pantheon to the Pope and has a column erected in the Forum.
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Muhhamad has first visions in a cave.
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Starts telling the Public about his visions from "god" which are later gathered into the Qu'ran. At first the public ridiculed him and his followers.
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The Meccans and Muslim's fought for 4 years until in 628 they signed a treaty that recognized Muslim's as a significant force in Arabia.
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Emperor Heraclius defeats the Persians, ending the Roman-Persian Wars.
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Muhhamad and the muslims marched to mecca with tribes joining them along the way. By the time they got there, the meccans were so overwhelmed they joined with them as well.
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Muhhamad died
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When his grandfather's died in 578, Muhammad was eight and passed into the care of a paternal uncle, Abu Talib.
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Gregory the Great succeeds Pope Pelagius II (who dies of plague) as the 64th pope
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Tang Dynasty of China initiated by Li Yuan.
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In Spain, the king of the Visigoths, Recared I, has discarded Arian Christian and converts to Catholicism. And as the king goes, so goes his nation.
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Shotoku converts Suiko to Buddhism. Buddhism becomes the state religion and is called upon to protect the Japanese nation.
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As a teen while staying with his uncle he hd to work to pay his keep. He often accompanied his Uncle (a merchant) to make money.
