Arabia Before Muhammad

First Published in 2000. This is Volume V of six of the Oriental series looking at Arabic History and Culture. It was written in 1927, the main purpose of this text is to show that Arabia, before the coming of Islam, was not a country secluded from the cultural influences of Western Asia, nor was it entirely cut off from contact with the political and social life of its neighbours in the Near East. Arabia and the Arabs; Egyptian Penetration of Arabia; Mesopotamian Penetration of Arabia; The Route to India; THE KINGDOMS OF SOUTH ARABIA; Arabian Trade in the Days of Justinian; Christianity and the Arabs; The Arabs of the Border Settlements; Jewish Penetration of Arabia; Mecca as a Commercial Centre; Evidence from Pre-Islamic Religion; The Beginning of the Prophet’s Ministry; Bibliography and Abbreviations;