630s

Events and Trends

• 630 — Serbs and Croats settle the Balkans in the provinces of Moesia, Pannonia and Dalmatia
• 632 — Death of Muhammad and transfer of authority in Islam to first caliph.
• 632, The Muslim conquests begin.
• 633 — Around this time Isidore of Seville completes his Etymologies
• 636 — Occupation of Palestine by followers of Prophet Muhammad
• 636, Around this time the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah resulted in a decisive victory for Muslims in the Islamic conquest of Persia, the Persian Empire is conquered by Muslim Arabs led by Khalid ibn al-Walid.
• 637 — Occupation of Mesopotamia by followers of Prophet Muhammad
• 639 — Plague of Emmaus