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Birth of Muhammad ibn Abd in Mecca.
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Muhammad recieves first revelation at Mt. Hira, near Mecca, and begins career as a prophet.
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The Year of Hijra: Muhammad and the Muslims mmigrate from Mecca to Medina.
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Death of Muhammad; death of Fatima, his daughter; election of Abu Bakr as first caliph.
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Death of Abu Bakr
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Battle of Qadisiyya; Arab army decisively defeats persian army in Iraq.
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Assassination of Uthman, the third caliph.
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Death of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth caliph and first Shii imam.
Muawiya becomes caliph and founder of Umayyad dynasty. -
Conquest and Conversations of Berber tribes in Norh Africa.
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Muhammad initiates Arab conquest of India
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Battle of Tours France.
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Abbasids Capture Damascus, ending Umayyad rule in Syria; Abu al-Abbas- al-Saffah founds Abbasid Caliphate.
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Pope Urban II launches the First Crusade to conquer Jerusalum.
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Crusaders capture Jerusalum, ending the first crusade.
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Ghurids establish the Delhi Sultanate in India
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Constantanople (Istanbul) falls to Ottomans and becomes the new Ottoman capital; Byzantine Empire ends.
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Ottomans lift first siege of Vienna and Retreat.
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Safavid rule in Iran effectively ended by afghan invasion.
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Sepoy Rebellion against English East India Company rule sweeps northern India.
