Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam
Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC
Published: July 20, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781593331023
Subjects: Economics, Finance, Business and Industry; Islam; Religion; Business / Economics / Finance; General; Islam - General; Business & Economics / General; Religion-Islam - General
First sentence: Every first-year student knows that Mecca at the time of the Prophet was the centre of a far-flung trading empire, which plays a role of some importance in all orthodox accounts of the rise of Islam.