ARABIA IN THE PRE-ISLAMIC PERIOD
To understand the religion that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) conveyed and the effects that this religion had on society it is necessary to understand in part the ethnic, geographic, social, cultural, economic and religious features of the environment in which Prophet Muhammad lived. Revealing this process, which directly affected the existence of Islamic society, will not only help us to understand the position of Prophet Muhammad in the society in which he lived for 40 years before his prophethood, but also will provide an opportunity to learn to what extent that society changed and transformed with the conveyance of Islam. The period before the revelations, which has always been recognized by Muslims throughout history as “The Age of Ignorance”, constitutes a section in all the Islamic books before the siyar (the life-history of the Prophet) and is regarded as an indispensable element of Islamic history.
