620s

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Events

  • September 622: Hijrah, Muhammad's emigration from Mecca to Medina, where he arrives on September 20. Except for the Jews, the inhabitants of Medina to the new doctrine to follow; Shaping the followers of the Umma, the politico - religious community that militarily defending itself against external opposition and those of Mohammed are rules. This date marks the beginning of the Islamic era.
  • Irish monks discover the archipelago of the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic (about 625 ) and settle there as the first people in the area around Sumba.
  • 625: Under Emperor Heraclius, in the Eastern Roman Empire Greek official language, which thus displaces the Latin. Since we speak of the Byzantine Empire.
  • 627: Battle of Nineveh. Decisive victory of the East Romans under Emperor Heraclius against the Sassanid king Khosrau II under Grand disintegrates Then the Sassanid Empire.
  • The Sioni Cathedral in Tbilisi is completed.
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