ANTHRO 41A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Córdoba, Andalusia, Arabian Peninsula

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHRO 41A
• Professor: Tom Douglas

Document Summary

570 ad in arabian peninsula he was born in mecca beliefs spread by pre-islamic oral culture. When young, he and others believe in ka"bah, nature-oriented spirits, and these. Mohammed soon believed that there is only one god = one people; unity. What were the religious beliefs among the arab tribes prior to mohammed"s time? why was mecca an important religious center birth before and after mohammed"s time? pre-islamic oral culture. Mecca was an important religious center birth because it was one of the most popular and diverse cities; it also consisted jews and christians. There was conflict because people questioned the miracle mohammed explained when describing about having only one god. A war broke out and mecca lost in the end. mecca"s and other tribes" tribal idols. After rise of islam, what was life like in the major islamic city centers as compared to. People shared ideas, inventions, and goods at pilgrimages.