After residing in Great Britain for 150 years, the Anglo-Saxons take over the country.

Parchment begins to displace the use of papyrus.

The first use of a quill pen is noted in the works of Isidore of Seville in lower Spain.

The Qur'an, or Holy Koran, is compiled as the revelation of God to mankind for the Muslim faith.

Mohammed dies and his authority passes to the first community of Islam.

Arabia falls under Muslim control.

Saint Aldhelm is born in Great Britain.

Final destruction of the Library in Alexandria.

The beginning of English poetry starts with Caedmon.

The city of Damascus becomes the focal center and capital of Islam's empire.

Saint Venerable Bede, the eventual “father of English history,” is born in Great Britain’s Sunderland.

The first Arab army besieges Constantinople.

Divisions within Islam produce the Sunnis and Shiites.