Founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate (r. 661–680). Mu'awiya I was born in 603 CE in what is now Saudi Arabia. Mu'awiya I is remembered as a politician, writer and poet, a citizen of the Umayyad Caliphate. Positions held included Governor of the Levant and Umayyad Caliph.
Before and after
- 6th centuryOrigins of Danevirke
- from 7th century to 13th centuryVolga Bulgaria
- 7th centuryOrigins of chess
- from 602 CE to 628 CEByzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628
- 603 CEBirth of Mu'awiya I
- 27 July 604 CEBirth of Fatima
- 607 CEConstruction of Hōryū-ji Temple
- 609 CEThe Grand Canal of China is completed
- 614 CEBirth of Aisha
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