A History of Agriculture in India v2.c53.s1: The Prophet
A History of Agriculture in India v2.c53.s1
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The Prophet
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Muhammad, the founder of Islam, was born in Mecca in A.D. 570 and died in A.D. 632. This was the period when Harsha ruled over India; China was under the Tang Dynasty; Chosroes II ruled over Persia; and Heraclius was the Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. Mecca, with a population of about twenty thousand, was a pilgrimage centre, and Kaaba, a small square temple of black stone, was the chief attraction for the pilgrims. A meteorite, regarded as a god, was its corner-stone, and all other minor tribal gods were under its protection.
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On account of his campaign against idolatry, there arose great opposition to Muhammad in Mecca, and on 20 September 622 he fled to Yathrib, which later on acquired the name of Medina. In A.D. 629, Muhammad conquered Mecca, and in A.D. 632, when he died at the age of sixty-two, he was the master of all Arabia.