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the sources date Ramadan 8 AH / 630 CE
that is the Hijra year, not the conquest
years before the Hijra
the conquest is seventh-century
from 622 to 630 is eight years
two is less than the Meccan span alone
twenty runs past nearly the whole message
the Prophet did not live that span
the sources have the city yield without major resistance
the city was not besieged for two years
Mecca is inland, not coastal
the entry was open by day through the gates
the sources record the idols removed from around the House
the texts have them removed the day of the conquest
they were not sold, they were destroyed
there were no museums then
the sources have safety declared for the city''s people
the safety covered its people, not leaders only
the safety was for Mecca''s polytheist people first
the sources name the safety plainly
the conquest joined the return home with new strength
the conquest was a major political event
the conquest was the spread''s start, not the end
the return was to home, not the farthest point
accounts reach us from Ibn Ishaq, al-Waqidi and al-Tabari
Muslims wrote about it centuries before the Ottomans
the conquest is documented in the sira books
the Crusades came five centuries later
the conquest shifted power across the peninsula
the conquest is a turning point in the sources
Islam''s spread began after the conquest
Medina stayed the capital
the sources have the city yield as the balance tipped
safety is not a holiday in the texts
the Quraysh stayed in Mecca and yielded
the Quraysh had fought the Muslims at Badr and Uhud
the sources keep Medina as his seat after the conquest
he returned to Medina after taking it
the Prophet never visited Rome
the Prophet did not leave Arabia after the conquest
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