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EP.4--Religion: The Pre-Islamic Environment III (Arabia)
EP.4--Religion: The Pre-Islamic Environment III (Arabia)
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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Sep 19, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This episode of the World of Islam provides a short introduction to Arabia on the eve of the movement of Muhammad. Among other things, we discuss the problem of sources for the modern historian, the characteristics of Arab life, the religious perspectives of the Arabs, and the relation of Arabia to the two major empires of the time.
Released:
Sep 19, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode
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