The Hegira, Muhammad’s migration from Mecca to Medina
The Hegira, Muhammad’s migration from Mecca to Medina
The facts
| Dates | AD 622 |
|---|---|
| Source | Printed on the chart |
Where this sits on the chart
The Hegira, Muhammad’s migration from Mecca to Medina falls 4626 years out from Creation at the centre. On the printed chart you can put a finger here and read straight outward to see what the rest of the world was doing in the same moment.
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Who else was alive
Wu Hu Period (take out tea) Buddhism prospersAD 304 – AD 439Council of Nicea, first ecumenical council of the Christian churchAD 325Codex SinaiticusAD 331The birth of Muhammad, prophet of IslamAD 570The invention of thmechanical clockAD 725The establishment of the Holy Roman EmpireAD 800The conversion of the Kievan Rus’ to ChristianityAD 988Leif Erikson’s discovery of Vinland(North America)AD 1000
Now see where it sits
Everything on this page has a place on one 45×37″ chart — and once you can see what came before and after it, it stops being a fact and starts being a story you can follow.