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it had reached the Atlantic
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returned to live in Medina
June 8, 632 he died there -
power had shifted radically away from once-powerful Mecca, toward Muhammad and the Muslims.
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Medina came out on top
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Early skirmishes led to three major battles in the next three years.
won the 1st
lost the 2nd
won the 3rd -
his few hundred followers left Mecca and traveled to Yathrib.
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He told what he learned to outer tribes.
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Made long retreats to a cave in the mountain. He fasted and meditated, he was then visited by a “god”
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He was 5 or 6 when this happened. His mom became ill soon after and died.
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Was born in Mecca, his name means to “praise or glorify”. Was raised by his mother.
