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==== Arabia ====
* [[Muhammad]], [[Prophets in Islam|Islamic prophet]], is born in [[Mecca]] (today's [[Saudi Arabia]]). His father [[Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib]] dies a few months before his birth, so he and his mother [[Aminah bint Wahb]] are protected by Muhammad's paternal grandfather, [[Abdul Muttalib]] who is recognized as the leading figure in his tribe the [[Quraysh tribe|Quraysh.]]<ref>David Nicolle, ''Essential Histories: "The Great Islamic Conquests AD 632–750". The birth of Islam and the unifying of Arabia'' (2009), page&nbsp;19.</ref> 
* [[Abraha]], Christian ruler of coastal [[Yemen]], who was acting as a general for the Christian kingdom in Abyssinia, begins a military expedition in [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]] against the predominantly [[pagan]] Quraysh of Mecca,<ref>Walter W Müller, ''"Outline of the History of Ancient Southern Arabia"''in Werner Daum (education) Yemen: ''"3000 Years of Art and Civilization in Arabia Felix"'' (1987)</ref> known as the [[Year of the Elephant]].