Battle of Badr
624 · Event
Muhammad's outnumbered Medinan force routs a Meccan army at the wells of Badr — the first great victory of Islam, remembered as divine vindication.
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- Hijra (622)
- Muhammad's first revelation (610)
- Death of Muhammad (632)
- Mongol sack of Baghdad (1258)
- Abbasid Caliphate founded (750)
- Uthman standardises the Quran (650)
- Sunni-Shia split (656)
- Rashidun Caliphate begins (632)
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- Muhammad (570)
- Tang dynasty (618)
- Arab conquest of the Maghreb (647)
- Battle of Yarmouk (636)
- Hagia Sophia (532)
- Fall of the Sasanian Empire (651)
- Srivijaya Empire (650)
- Silla unifies Korea (668)
- Sui dynasty (581)