http://www.truthnet.org/islam 1 The History of Islam: Pre-Islamic The Arabian Peninsula the birthplace of Islam is one of the hottest and driest regions in the world, consisting mainly of deserts. Since ancient times, tribes of the nomadic race had...
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http://www.truthnet.org/islam 1 The History of Islam: Pre-Islamic The Arabian Peninsula the birthplace of Islam is one of the hottest and driest regions in the world, consisting mainly of deserts. Since ancient times, tribes of the nomadic race had populated the region. Considered the descendents of Noah’s third son Shem, they are called Semites. Over the centuries, theses Semitic people have migrated into the Fertile Crescent, assimilating into existing civilizations. In the sixth century AD, north of the Arabian Peninsula two great powers, locked in a seesaw power struggle vied for control of the Middle East. The Christian Byzantine kingdom, successors of the Roman Empire was to the Northwest and controlled the Mediterranean Sea, North Africa and the lands of Palestine. In the northeast lay the Zoroastrian Persian kingdom. Both the Byzantine and Persian kingdoms had client Arab tribes allied to their cause of trade and conquest. The Arabian Peninsula became a land of refuge for those
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