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Muslims timeline
c. 100
Mecca develops into a place of pilgrimage, with a famous collection of idols in the Ka'ba
c. 613
Muhammad begins preaching in Mecca the message of Allah, dictated to him by the archangel Gabriel
622
Muhammad departs from Mecca and settles in Medina, in the event known as the Hegira
622
The year of the Hegira (Muhammad's move from Mecca to Medina) becomes Anno Hegirae or AH1, the first year in Muslim chronology
630
Mecca becomes the holy city of Islam and soon all Arabia accepts the new religion
632
The death of Muhammad at Medina is followed by the election of the first caliph, Abu Bakr, a father-in-law of the prophet
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