The following is a timeline of the Middle East in the Saint Muhammad timeline. * 610: POD. Muhammad begins preaching a new branch of Christianity. He soon is able to gain a growing base of followers in Mecca which soon angers the Hedjazi tribal lords. * 615: Muhammad is killed in Mecca by a Quraysh-hired assassin while he is preaching in Mecca's main square. The Medinan Christian community (led by Muhammad's daughter Fatimah I), furious, flees to Medina where, with the help of the Abrahamic communities there, they are able to form a standing army. The War of the Hijaz starts. * 621: the Medinans march on Mecca and soon destroy any opposition by destroying the joint Quaraysh, Thaqf and Khinanan troops near Jidda with the help of the Umayyad and Hashemite branches of the Banu Quar