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The history of Muhammad

The Timeline is about 8 events i believe to be Muhammad's most important moments, as well as what was also happening with the Greeks at the same time on the other side of the world.

Muhammad's Final Years

632 B.C.

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.
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.

The Conquest of Mecca

630 B.C.

By now, the balance of power had shifted radically away from once-powerful Mecca, toward Muhammad and the Muslims. 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.

Muhammad Takes his Message Public

613 B.C.

Muhammad finally began to reveal the messages he was receiving to his tribe. These were gathered verse by verse and later would become the Qur'an, Islam's sacred scripture

Muhammad Receives First Revelation

610 B.C.

Muhammad was visited by an overpowering presence and instructed to recite words of such beauty and force that he and others gradually attributed them to God. This experience shook Muhammad to the core. It was several years before he dared to talk about it outside his family.

Muhammad's Marriage and Family Life

609 B.C.

Khadija eventually proposed marriage. They were wed in about 595. He was twenty-five. She was nearly forty.Muhammad continued to manage Khadija's business affairs, and their next years they had Six children were born to them, two sons who both died in infancy, and four daughters.

Muhammad Acts as Caravan

594 B.C.

Muhammad entered the service of a wealthy Meccan merchant, a widow named Khadija bint Khawalayd. The two were distant cousins. he carried her goods to the north and returned with a profit.

Muhammad in Mecca in Care of an Uncle

578 B.C.

Upon his grandfather's death in 578, Muhammad, age eight, passed into the care of a uncle, Abu Talib. Muhammad grew up under Abu Talib's protection for many years.

Muhammad's Birth and Infancy

570 B.C.

Muhammad was born in the year 570 in the town of Mecca, Muhammad was raised by his mother Amina, He grew up in the hill country, learning pure Arabic.

The Greeks


Founding of Cyrene

632 B.C.

Founding of Cyrene, a Greek colony in Libya (North Africa)

Birth of Thales

630 B.C.

Birth of Thales, a Greek philosopher, is known for most notably Aristotle, regarding him as the first philosopher in the Greek tradition.

Lucius Tarquinius

616 B.C.

Lucius Tarquinius Priscus becomes the fifth King of Rome, and is known for being a legendary king in are history books today.


610 B.C.

Birth of Anaximander, Greek philosopher, who years later will be known as one of the wisest people of his time.

capture of the settlement of Rome

609 B.C.

The Etruscans capture the settlement of Rome, making it into a prosperous trading centre.

Solon appointed archon of Athens

594 B.C.

Solon appointed archon of Athens; institutes democratic reforms.

assassinated Lucius Tarquinius Priscus as King of Rome

578 B.C.

Servius Tullius succeeds in the assassination Lucius Tarquinius Priscus as King of Rome

Death of Sappho.

570 B.C.

Sappho was a Greek lyric poet, born on the island of Lesbos. her poetry, was well known and greatly admired through much of history