NMC103H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Rashidun, Greek Orthodox Church, Islamic Calendar
21 Jan 2013
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Sasanian empire controlled some of the ports along the coastal region of arabia. Pastoral nomads in arabia were tribally organized. A jewish population existed in medina (yathrib) A lot of the tribes had animistic beliefs. A lot of tribes had their own gods and some towns had their own deities, some of which are mentioned in the quran. Kaaba in mecca was a pagan shrine and a center of pagan worship before becoming an islamic shrine. Byzantium: state religion is greek orthodox christianity. This has nothing to do with roman catholicism. Persian empire has the capital at ctesiphon, which was a conglomeration of 7 cities. Muhammad was born in mecca to the clan of hashim, and the tribe of quraysh. Message of muhammad: monotheism; it"s no different from the revelations that the jews and christians received. But his message claims to be the final revelation, which will supersede other revelations that had been corrupted in writing.
