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Hijira - Muhammad and followers flee to Medina.
Islamic calendar (AH, Anno Hegirae) begins. |
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| Muslims capture Mecca. Ka'ba is cleansed, pilgrimage rites are Islamicized, tribes of Arabia vow allegiance to Muhammad |
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| Death of Muhammad. Abu Bakr chosen as caliph. |
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| Mongols capture Baghdad; city is sacked and caliph is killed. End of Abbasid caliphate. |
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| Castile and Aragon capture Granada. All Muslims (and Jews) expelled from Spain. |
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| fall of the ottoman empire |
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| Pakistan founded as an Islamic nation. Islam becomes a minority religion in India. |
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| Shah of Iran is overthrown by Ayatullah Ruhullah Khumayni, who establishes strict fundamentalist rule of Shi'a principles. |
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