RLG100Y1 Lecture Notes - Kaaba, Quasi, Arab Jews
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Difficult to invade because it is so dry / lack of water. Mecca was centred around the kaaba (cube) Quraysh was a tribe in mecca that looked after it, they were fiercely respected because they were quasi warriors. They thought their kids horseback riding and archery. Tribal society had no government etc, had freedom . The tribes did not believe in the afterlife. Born around 570 in mecca in the tribe quraysh. Orphan of both parents, taken care of by his uncle. Gets employed by a wealthy widow who has her eyes on him. She sends her maid to mohammed and asks him if he would marry her. He goes with his uncle who says don"t hit it on the nose . He marries her but he is unhappy and broods in the mountains. At the age of 40 he has his first prophetic experience.
