Hijra: Muhammad's migration to Medina
The first Muslim community forms and the Islamic calendar starts
The Prophet Muhammad and his followers migrated from Mecca to Yathrib, which became Medina. There the first Muslim community-state took shape, and the year of the Hijra became the starting point of the Islamic calendar.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Asia
- 605–610 Grand Canal of China — 17 years earlier
- 618 Founding of the Tang dynasty — 4 years earlier
- 628 Brahmagupta and the rules of zero — 6 years later
- 629–645 Xuanzang's journey to the West — 7 years later
Alive at the time
- Muhammad (aged 52)
- Ali ibn Abi Talib (aged 22)
- Pakal the Great (aged 19)
- Prince Shōtoku (aged 48)
- Emperor Taizong of Tang (aged 24)
- Xuanzang (aged 20)