when discussing pre-islamic arabia, we refer to the time before 610 ce. this is the year when the prophet muhammad started propagating the religion of islam and thus when the religion of islam started to form. the term ‘pre-islamic arabia’ is useful because it signals the importance of islam and its influence in forming the peninsula as we know it today with all its religions and cultures. but it also shows a relation between the rise of islam and the native arabs conquering the world through conquest, trade and innovations.