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Muhammad was born in Mecca in 570.
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In 576 Muhammad's Mother died when he was 6 years old
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Muhammad began to hear and see messages from (God) Allah.
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After three years of receiving messages Muhammad decided that in he would become a preacher in 613.
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Additionally, many people in Mecca did not like that Muhammad had been telling people that he was receiving messages from God (Allah). So in 622 he moved from Mecca to Medinah.
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As the years passed Muhammad and his followers slowly built up an army so that they could take over the city of Mecca. In 630 Muhammad’s army invaded and took over Mecca.
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They began to defeat other cities nearby and spread Muhammad’s religious teachings. By the time Muhammad died in 632 all of Arabia had converted to Muhammad’s Islamic religion.
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By 590 Muhammad went to work as a trader.
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In 595 Muhammad marrried a rich woman named Khadijah.
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in 619 his wife died. Muhammad was very sad.