Western Civilization I / Unit 9 WC1 0821 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Medina, Mecca, 630, and Death, 632
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The idea
Medina welcomed Muhammad as mediator, and there religious and political authority became one. A Muslim force fought Mecca at Badr in six twenty-four, a witness name; in six thirty Mecca submitted and became Islam's center. He died in six thirty-two with most tribes converted.
In practice
Missionaries and soldiers already reaching Byzantium and Persia.
Where people slip
No successor was named. Video 0825 shows the consequence.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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