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602-610:
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Phocas: kills Maurice, becomes Byzantine emperor
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604-606-607-615:
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Popes Sabinian, Boniface III, Boniface IV; author. by Phocas
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606:
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standard examinations for public office in China
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609:
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Roman Pantheon (a Pagan Temple) renamed Church of Santa Maria Rotonda
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610-641:
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Heraclius: kills Phocas, becomes Byzantine emperor
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610:
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Muhammad's vision on Mount Hira
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614:
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Persians take Damascus and Jerusalem and "Holy Cross of Christ"
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615:
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earliest records of some of Muhammad's teachings
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615-618:
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Pope Deusdedit
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616:
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Persians take Egypt
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618-907:
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T'ang dynasty of China
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619-625:
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Pope Boniface V: authorized by Heraclius
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619:
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"Suan-Ching", ten classics, textbooks used for Chinese exams (606)
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622:
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first year in Muslim calendar, The Hegira, 1a.h., (a.h. = anno hegirae)
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622-680:
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Monothelite controversy: condemned at 6th Ecum. Council of Const.
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624:
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Muhammad marries Aisha, daughter of Abu Bekr
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625-638:
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Pope Honorius I
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625:
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Paulinus of Rome comes to convert Northumbria to Christianity
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625:
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Muhammad begins dictation of Qur'an (Koran) to his scribe
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625:
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Brahmagupta, mathematician of India, teaches at Ujjain
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626:
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King Edwin of Northumbria founds Edinburgh and begins Christianization
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627:
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Byzantines defeat Persians at Nineveh, discover Indian sugar cane
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628:
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Emperor Heraclius wins back "Cross of Christ" from Persians (614)
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628:
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Muhammad captures Mecca & writes to rulers of the world explaining Islam
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629:
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Heraclius recovers Jerusalem from Persians
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629:
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Pope Honorius I sides with Emperor Heraclius and Monothelites (622)
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632:
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East Anglia Christianized
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632:
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Muhammad, b. 570?, Arab prophet and founder of Islam
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632:
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Abu Bekr, first Islamic Caliph, seat at Medina
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634:
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Omar I, 2d Caliph, takes Syria/Persia/Egypt;defeats Heraclius in Holy War
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635:
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Christianization of Wessex
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635-750:
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Damascus becomes capital of Islamic Caliphs
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636:
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Southern Irish Church submits to Roman Catholicism
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637:
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Jerusalem captured by Islam
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638:
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Emp. Heraclius' "Ecthesis", decrees Christ of one nature: "Monothelites"
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640:
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Pope Severinus
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640:
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Library of Alexandria, "The Center of Western Culture," with 300,000
ancient papyrus scrolls, is completely destroyed.
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