Multiple choice general knowledge history

The first year of the Islamic calendar marks the following event:

  1. The birth of Muhammad

  2. The Qu'ran is assembled into a single sacred text

  3. The division of the Sunnis and the Shiites

  4. Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina
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Explanation

The Islamic calendar (Hijri calendar) begins with Muhammad's Hijra (flight/migration) from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE. This event marks the establishment of the first Muslim community and is year 1 AH (After Hijra).

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