Flight of Mahomet
1Mahomet — Mohammed Mohammed (m[=o]*h[a^]m m[e^]d) n. [ The praised one .] [Also spelled {Mahomed}, {Mahomet}, {Muhammad} (the Arabic form), {Mahmoud}, {Mehemet}, etc.] The prophet who founded Islam (570 632). Syn: Muhammad, Mahomet, Mahmoud. [WordNet 1.5]… …
2Dates of Epoch-Making Events — Author Rev. James Wood Type Encyclopaedia entry Contained in The Nuttall Encyclopaedia Release Date 1900 Dates of Epoch Making Events is an entry in The Nuttall Encyclopaedia for …
3Hijra (Islam) — For other uses, see Hijra (disambiguation). Hijra Other names The Flight of Mahomet;[1][2] The Migration of Mohammad; The Migration; Hijrah; Hegira Participants Muhammad and his followers …
4DATES OF EPOCH-MAKING EVENTS — the Ascendency in Athens of Pericles (445 B.C.); the Fall of the Persian Empire (330 B.C.); the Death of Alexander the Great (323 B.C.); the Reduction of Greece to a Roman province, and the Ruin of Carthage (146 B.C.); the Battle of Actium (31 …
5Epoch — Ep och ([e^]p [o^]k or [=e] p[o^]k; 277), n. [LL. epocha, Gr. epochh check, stop, an epoch of a star, an historical epoch, fr. epe chein to hold on, check; epi upon + e chein to have, hold; akin to Skr. sah to overpower, Goth. sigis victory, AS.… …
6Common Era — BCE redirects here. For other uses, see BCE (disambiguation). Era Vulgaris redirects here. For the Queens of the Stone Age album, see Era Vulgaris (album). Common Era (sometimes Current Era[1] or Christian Era[2]), abbreviated as CE, is an… …
7Hindu chronology — The subject of Hindu chronology divides naturally into three parts: the calendar, the eras, and other reckonings. The Calendar The Hindus have had, from very ancient times, the system of lunisolar cycles, made by the combination of solar years,… …
8hegira — n. 1. Flight of Mahomet (September 13, 622). 2. Mahometan era (July 16, 622). 3. Exodus, departure, going out …
9Outline of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Edward Gibbon (1737–1794) This is an outline of the six volume work The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, authored by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon (1737–1794). It also includes a Gibbon chronology …
10Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …
