Editing 624 (section)

==== July&ndash;December ====
* [[August 12]] &ndash; The Army of the [[Eastern Turkic Khaganate]], led by [[Illig Qaghan]], clashes with the army of [[Tang dynasty|Tang dynasty China]], led by [[Emperor Taizong of Tang|Taizong, Prince of Qin]] and son of [[Emperor Gaozu of Tang|Emperor Gaozu]], with fighting taking place west of [[Binzhou]] in what is now the [[Shandong]] province.<ref name="Ahmet 2004">{{Cite book| title=Gök-Türkler| last=Ahmet| first=Taşağil| date=1995–2004| publisher=Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi| isbn=975161113X| location=Ankara| oclc=33892575}}</ref>
* [[August]] &ndash; Upon the death of [[Khunays ibn Hudhafa]], a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, Khunays's widow [[Hafsa bint Umar]] becomes eligible to marry Muhammad.<ref>Muhammad ibn Saad, ''Tabaqat'' vol. 8. Translated by Bewley, A. (1995). ''The Women of Madina'', p. 56. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.</ref>
* [[November 11]] &ndash; (9th B'ak'tun, 9th K'atun,9th year, 12th month, 3rd day) In what is now Guatemala, a [[stele]] is carved to honor a victory in battle by [[Kʼinich Yoʼnal Ahk I]], the Mayan ruler of [[Piedras Negras (Maya site)|Piedras Negras]]<ref name="Braswell2004">{{cite journal|last=Braswell|first=Geoffrey E. |author2=Christian M. Pager |author3=Cassandra R. Bill |author4=Sonja A. Schwake |author5=Jennifer B. Braswell|title=The Rise of Secondary States in the Southeastern Periphery of the Maya World|journal=Ancient Mesoamerica|year=2004|pages=219–233|doi=10.1017/s0956536104040143 |volume=15|s2cid=1562928 }}</ref>
* [[November]] &ndash; 
**[[Zayd ibn Haritha]], the [[Sahabi]] and military commander for the prophet [[Muhammad]]is sent on an expedition to [[Dhat Irq]] near [[Mecca]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri |title=Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum |publisher=Darussalam Publishers |year=1976 |isbn=978-1-59144-070-3 |trans-title=The Sealed Nectar}}</ref><ref>al-Baladhuri (1996), Jumal min Ansab al-Ashraf, Dar Al-Fikr, Beirut, Lebanon.</ref> He then carries out the [[Al-Qarada raid]] of a caravan of Meccan merchants after discovering their trade route and captures more that 100,000 [[dirham]]s worth of goods<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Chronology of the "Mag̱ẖāzī"-- A Textual Survey|author=J. M. B. Jones|journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London| volume=19|number=2|date=1957|page=248|jstor=610242|doi=10.1017/S0041977X0013304X}}</ref>
* [[December 21]] &ndash; A group of 1,000 Muslims from [[Mecca]], led by Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, sets out from [[Mecca]] to capture [[Medina]], defended by the [[Banu Khazraj]] tribe, led by [[Abd Allah ibn Ubayy]]. The two forces will fight combat three months later, on March 23, 625, at the [[Battle of Uhud]].<ref name=Watt/>