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Muhammad was born in the year 570
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Muhammads mom took him to Yathrib on their way back she died. Muhammad then lived with his grandfather who was a respected leader.
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He would fast and meditate there. on one occation muhammad was visited by an overpowering presence. It took him several years to talk about it outside of his family.
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Muhammad began to tell his tribe what messeges he was receiving. The gathered verse by verse later became the Qur' an Islam's sacred scripture.
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Muhammad left to go to Yathrib with a few hundred followers. Yathrib the oasis town where his father was buried.
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the Muslims won this battle
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Muslims lost
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the muslims outlasted this battle
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three major battles in the next three years
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Muhammad returned to live in Medina. He consolidated most of Arabian peninsula under Islam He returend to Mecca on last time to perform a pilgrimage.
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He died after a brief illness. He was burried in the mosque in Medina.
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They were joined tribe after tribe. They entered Mecca without bloodshed and the Meccans joined them.
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Muhammads grandfather died in 578. He was then passed into the care of his uncle.
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When Muhammad was young in 580 he worked as a shepherd. in his teen years in 580-594he sometimes traveled with Abu Talib.
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Muhammad met a weathy merchent. They were distant cousins
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They married in 595 he was 25 and she was about 40
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Muhammad gathered more and more people as he built the first Muslim community.
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a treaty was signed giving Muslims freedom to move unmolested throughout Arabia. Meccan allies breached the treaty a year later,
