The conquest of Mecca was the event in which the Prophet Muhammad and his followers took control of the city of Mecca, the home of the Kaaba and his birthplace. It followed the Quraysh tribe's breach of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, and Muhammad marched on the city with a large army from Medina. Mecca largely surrendered without a fight, and Muhammad granted a general amnesty to its inhabitants, including many former enemies. The Kaaba was cleared of idols, and the city became the centre of Islam under Muslim control. The event strengthened Muhammad's authority across Arabia, and shortly afterward many tribes accepted his leadership. Islamic tradition places it in the eighth year after the Hijra.
Before and after
- from June 626 CE to July 626 CESiege of Constantinople
- from 627 CE to 629 CEThird Perso-Turkic War
- 628 CEBrahmagupta sets out the rules for zero
- March 628 CETreaty of Hudaybiyyah
- 629 CEConquest of Mecca
- from 629 CE to 1050Arab–Byzantine wars
- from 629 CE to 645 CEXuanzang travels from China to India
- 631 CEOrigins of Islam
- from 632 CE to 633 CERidda Wars
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