ARB 3901 Lecture 5: ARB3901 lec5
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Activities qwew taking place in central saudi arabia. There was eastern commerce and western (commerce) arabia. Grammar and syntax of quran in seventh centrury was more dominated in eastern region. Ancient mecca: mecca and medina were the main cities of hijaz with al-taef serving as the summer residence for the wealthy class of mecca. However, najd was home to a majprity of jahiliya poets: al- kaaba in mecca was the holiest shrine for pagan arabians, where a giant statue made of ruby of. The pagans of yemen were more serious about pagan worship than those of hijaz and nejd, where people reocgnized the gods but paid little attention to rites and ceremonies. If ur not christian or jewish in old arbaia then u could ebapgaan. They ha(cid:448)e a(cid:396)a(cid:271)i(cid:272) (cid:374)a(cid:373)es fo(cid:396) those gods/idols a(cid:374)d they"(cid:396)e e(cid:395)ui(cid:448)ale(cid:374)t of (cid:449)hat the (cid:396)o(cid:373)a(cid:374) e(cid:373)pi(cid:396)e had as gods. Inside the kaaba the(cid:396)e a(cid:396)e (cid:373)ultiple sh(cid:396)i(cid:374)es, (cid:374)ot all idols.