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555
First watermill
Belisarius, general of the Emperor Justinian, creates first watermill outside of China. -
562
Japan occupying Korea
Japanese occupying forces in Korea lose power. -
563
Converting Picts
Saint Columba founds a monastery on the island of Iona and begins converting Picts to Christianity. -
565
New Byzantine Emperor
Justin II, nephew of Justinian becomes Byzantine Emperor. -
570
Muhammad born
Muhammad was born to a merchant family -
572
Domination of Arabia
Persians begin a sixty-year domination of Arabia. -
575
Orphaned
mahammads parents died he was orphaned to his parental grandfather, Abdul Al-Muttallb -
Jan 1, 610
Muhammad receives first revelation.
He fasted and meditaded up on a hill and angel gabriel came down and talked to him -
Jan 1, 610
Grand Canal
China finishes work on the Grand Canal. -
Jan 1, 613
Muhammad takes his message public
After several years he finally said something and wrote a book about what happened that later became the Quran -
Jan 1, 622
Muhhamad and muslims emigrate to medina
muhammad and a few hundred followers left mecca and traveled to yathrib -
Jan 1, 625
The Military Period
The Meccans did not take Muhammad's new success lightly. Early skirmishes led to three major battles in the next three years. -
Jan 1, 630
The Conquest of Mecca
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. -
Jan 1, 630
Muhammad returned to live in Medina
Muhammad returned to live in Medina. In the next three years, he consolidated most of the Arabian Peninsula under Islam. In March, 632, he returned to Mecca one last time to perform a pilgrimage, and tens of thousands of Muslims joined him. -
Jun 8, 632
Muhammads death
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. Within a hundred years Muhammad's teaching and way of life had spread from the remote corners of Arabia -
Muhammad in Mecca in care of uncle
After his grandfather died his uncle took care of him -
Sheppered boy
Muhammad was a sheppered boy who helped pay his uncles modest means -
Merchant Muhammad
Muhammads uncle took him on caravans to sell things. a merchant. Older merchants nicknamed him El-Almin or the one you can trust -
Caravan agent for wealthy trades woman
Muhammad carried goods for Khadija to the north with a profit -
Muhammad married
Khadija impressed with muhammads honesty marries him -
Muhammad family
Having such a hot wife they made love and came up with six children 2 died at birth. the rest were women. bummer -
Muhammad winning
Muslims won the first, lost the second, and outlasted the third,In March, 628, a treaty was signed between the two sides, which recognized the Muslims as a new force in Arabia and gave them freedom to move unmolested throughout Arabia. Meccan allies breached the treaty a year later. -
Lombards conquer Italy
Lombards conquer northern Italy. Alcuin founds kingdom. -
Suspension bridge
Iron-chain suspension bridge invented in China. -
Sui Dynasty
Wen Ti, formerly chief minister of the Chou, founds the Sui Dynasty in China. -
Mercian kingdom
Foundation of Mercian kingdom in England among the Anglo-Saxon tribes. -
Visigoths convert
Visigoths in Spain convert to Christianity. -
Invasion of Persia
Arabs, Khazars, and Turks invade Persia, but are driven out. -
New Pope
Gregory I (Gregory the Great) becomes Pope. -
Empress of Japan
Suiko, Empress of Japan. -
England to Christianity
Pope Gregory orders Saint Augustine the Lesser to go to England and convert the inhabitants to Christianity. -
Saint Augustine founds English church
Saint Augustine the Lesser lands in England and converts the kingdom of Kent to Christianity. He founds the first English church in Canterbury.
