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Figure Arabian Peninsula philosopher

Muhammad

570 CE – 632 CE · 62 years

From an orphaned merchant in Mecca to the founder of a civilization — the life of Muhammad ibn Abdullah, told in his own words: the first revelation, the Hijra, the battles of Badr and Uhud, the conquest of Mecca, and the Farewell Sermon that completed a faith for 1.8 billion people.

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Muhammad on Wikipedia.

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Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark

Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Volga Bulgars

601 CE – 1240 CE

Trade route

Silk Road Southern Branch

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Conflict

Srivijaya Maritime Wars

600 CE – 1288 CE

Landmark

Lake Issyk-Kul

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers

Attested 2000 BCE – 1200 CE

Landmark

Pamir Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Tuʻi Tonga Empire

Attested 500 CE – 1815 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 570 CE and 632 CE.

600 CE Srivijaya Maritime Wars 572 CE Byzantine-Sassanid War of 572-591 589 CE Hangzhou 597 CE Canterbury Cathedral 598 CE Goguryeo–Sui Wars 600 CE Chichen Itza

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Chichen Itza Landmark · Americas 600 CE – still standing Zhangzhung Kingdom Polity · South Asia 500 BCE – 625 CE Chinese Grand Canal Trade route · East Asia 600 CE Goguryeo–Sui Wars Conflict · East Asia 598 CE – 614 CE Mesa Verde Landmark · Americas 600 CE – still standing Tiahuanaco Empire Polity · Americas 600 CE – 1200 CE
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