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Chapter 2 Timeline Exercise

The events listed in the right column are out of order. Please place the events in correct order by dragging and dropping each event so it matches the correct year on the timeline.

330–1453

224–651

570

596

610

622

624

627

630

632

correct incorrect Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire

correct incorrect Sassanian Empire

correct incorrect Generally accepted year of the birth of the Prophet Muhammad

correct incorrect Marriage of Muhammad and Khadija

correct incorrect According to Islamic tradition, the year Muhammad received the first revelations from Allah via the Archangel Gabriel

correct incorrect Prophet makes the Hijra (emigration) to Medina (Yathrib) along with seventy followers (Muhajirun). This marks the first year of the Islamic calendar.

correct incorrect Battle of Badr

correct incorrect Battle of the Khandaq (Trench)

correct incorrect Muhammad and his followers take Mecca

correct incorrect Muhammad makes Farewell Pilgrimage and dies shortly afterward

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Use Tab to navigate through the movable items

Use Shift + Tab to navigate up through the movable items

Press Enter to select an item to be moved and to enter the context menu

Press Enter to move the selected item