610 Muhammad begins "the recitation" in Ramadan
614 Persians conquer Jerusalem with Jewish support
615? Arab defeat of Sassanians

622 Muhammed's Hegira (Escape) to Medina. Traditional beginning of the Muslim Era.
Battle of Badr, Muslims defeat the Quraysh.
Avars and Persians repelled near Constantinople 625
Muhammed begins Koran 625
Byzantines def. Persians at Nineveh 627
Heraclius recovers Jerusalem 629

628-38 Dagobert I unites Frankish kdm.

630 Muhammad conquers Mecca and converts entire population.
631 Islam accepted by Arab tribes, "Year of the Embassies"
629-632 Muhammad's conquest of the Arabian peninsula
632 Death of Muhammad
632-634 Caliphate of Abu Bakr
634-44 Omar I conquers Syria 635, Jerusalem 637, Persia & Egypt
632–661 Rashidun caliphate - Libya to S. Turkmenistan and E Afghanistan

640 Slavs enter the Balkans
641 Omar I conquers Persia & Egypt, Cairo founded
644-656 Uthman Caliphate

c. 650 Beowulf; earliest origins
651 Hotel Dieu founded at Paris
651 Arabs conquer Persian empire
651 Uthman  codifies Koran (Qur an) text
656-61 Ali Caliph

656-61 Ali Caliph moves capital to Kufa
662 Hindu numerals in Syria
661-750 Omayad Dynasty - Spain to Pakistan
661-80 Mo'awiya moves capital to Damascus