RLG204H5 Chapter 1: Week 1-Article 1 & 2 Notes
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Geography: arabian peninsula known as jazirat al-ara(cid:271), (cid:862)the isla(cid:374)ds of the ara(cid:271)s(cid:863, separated from neighbouring world by natural barriers, water on three side (persian gulf, Arabian sea, indian ocean and red sea) and the syrian desert on the fourth: consists barren deserts, mountains, plateaus and steppes, principle cities of islam are mecca and medina located in rugged inhospitable area in the central. Inhabitants of south arabia served as middlemen in trade between the mediterranean world in the west a(cid:374)d the i(cid:374)dia(cid:374) o(cid:272)ea(cid:374) i(cid:374) the east (cid:894)people k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) as (cid:862)ara(cid:271)ia feli(cid:454)(cid:863) or (cid:862)happ(cid:455) ara(cid:271)ia(cid:863)(cid:895) Irrigation of southern arabia is from marib dam located in yemen: the collapse of southern arabian kingdoms is not quite clear, usually cause of climatic factors that caused population to give up agriculture pursuits. Mecca: a trade hub: northern arabia relied on cattle herding and trading to secure livelihood, people of quraysh were merchants and sent trade caravans to syria and persia (iran) and.
