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...known that the Prophet was born about A.D. 570 to a member of the respected Meccan clan of Hashim. His father died shortly before Muhammad was born, and his mother when the boy was only six. Two years later, his doting grandfather Abd al-Muttalib died, leaving the orphan in the care of a poor uncle, Abu Talib. As a youth, Muhammad was set to work tending his uncle's herds; he later recalled that task as a mark of divine favor. "God sent no prophet who was not a herdsman," he told his disciples. "Moses was a herdsman...
...Mohammed and his birthplace owe a lot to each other. In his day - the 7th Century A.D. - Mecca was the main transfer point between southern Arabia and Syria. Mohammed, an or phan member of a major Meccan clan, entered the city's chief industry, cross-desert transport, and did well. He married his boss, Khadija, a widow some years older than he. He was devoted to her as long as she lived, and she was his first convert when he began going out into the desert and coming back with strange ideas about religion. The caravans to Mecca brought...
Immediately, Mohammed put the Medinans to work, raiding caravans, converting pagans, blockading Mecca from the north. In 630, Mecca gave in. As the Meccan leaders had foreseen, Mohammed had to conquer all Arabia to make the conversion of Mecca stick. This he did - brilliantly - before his death...