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How did environmental, social and political conditions in pre-Islamic Arabia affect the advent of Islam?
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Arabia is a vast rectangular peninsula of about one million square miles. It is located between the giant continents of Africa and Asia. It is surrounded by bodies of water from three sides. from the east it is surrounded by the Arabian Gulf, and from the west, the Red Sea, and from the south it is surrounded by the gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. The climate of Arabia is characterized by its dryness and high temperatures. Arabia lacks forests and rivers and thus is a wild mountainous area in which people led nomadic lives. The center of Arabia is mostly desert with scattered oases and springs which provide food and water for settlements. The surroundings in which the people of Pre- Islamic Arabia lived in was corrupted and very harsh. Because this area was almost impenetrable, cultural diffusion rarely occurred thus peoples thoughts ideas and beliefs remained unaffected. But...
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