RE213 Study Guide - Final Guide: Political Capital, Medina, Ganachakra
12 Feb 2018
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By 570 ce, occupied iran, iraq and the lands of central asia. Was and always have been outside forces that have come into arabia to create issues. By 570 ce, occupied the lands in syria, egypt and southern europe. Muslim community would go to what would become medina: challenging family traditions and structure, economic and politically challenging. At the crossroads for old trade routes between yemen and syria and transjordan (known as the hijaz road) and between the red sea, yemen and iraq (known as the. Was a pilgrimage site that had been founded centuries earlier by ibrahim and his son. Dedicated originally to al-lah, the high god of the arabs. Hunafa= arab primordial monotheists: belief= ka(cid:859)a(cid:271)a (cid:449)as (cid:271)uilt (cid:271)(cid:455) the p(cid:396)ophets abraham and ismael. Said to have housed 300 idols and have a black stone set in the wall at one corner that was believed to have come from heaven.
