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570
Birth of Mohammad
Muhammad is born during this year.
The most common date of birth found is April 20th -
Jan 1, 610
Muhammad%u2019s first revelation
Muhammad's first revelation is the event in which Muhammad is said to have been visited by the angel Gabriel (Jibril) who revealed a few verses from the Quran. -
Jan 1, 622
Muhammad and Muslims immagrate to Madinah
Mohammed and his few believers escape to Madinah, after persecution. This is also the start of the lunar Muslim calendar. -
Jan 1, 630
Muslims return to Makkah
Muhammad gained enough followers to conquer Makkah.
(Mecca) -
Jan 1, 632
Death of Muhammad
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Jan 1, 706
Great Mosque of the Umayyads, Damascus
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Jan 1, 711
North African Muslims start landing on southern tip Liberia
Muslims from North Africa begin landing on the southern tip of the Liberian peninsula -
Jan 1, 715
Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem
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Jan 1, 1001
ibn al-Bawwab produces earliest Qur'an still existant
Ibn al-Bawwab produces earliest still-existing Qur'an copy on paper, Baghdad
Ibn a-Bawwab was an Arabic calligrapher (someone skilled in penmanship). -
Jan 1, 1187
Salan al-Din returns Jerusalem to Muslim rule
unifies Mesopotamia, Syria, and Egypt into single state, defeats crusaders, and takes back Jerusalem from Latins -
Jan 1, 1362
Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo
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Jan 1, 1474
Mosque of Qa%u2019itbay, Cairo
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Jan 1, 1492
End of Muslim states in Spain
Muslims considered serious military threat, spread their religion far on crusades, hard to conquer , but last Muslim state in Spain finally conquered in 1492. Religion still widespread. -
Mosque of Cordoba began
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Mosque of al-Mutawkkil
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Qarawiyin Mosque founded, Fez
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Mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun, Cairo
