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Article: Key moments of Islamic civiliztion.
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- New Internationalist
- Article date:
- May 1, 2002
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570 Prophet Muhammad is born in Mecca. At the age of six he becomes an orphan and is taken into the care of his grandfather. When the latter dies, the young Muhammad is entrusted to his uncle.
610 Muhammad receives the first revelation while meditating in the cave of Hira near Mecca. He hears a commanding voice addressing him and becomes the Messenger of God.
622 After persecution in Mecca, Muhammad migrates to Medina. The migration - hijra - marks the beginning of the Islamic era.
623-631 After three battles, Muhammad conquers Mecca and forgives all his enemies. A written constitution is established as the basis of governance.
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