Introduction It is very significant to understand about political, economic, social and religious conditions of Arab before Islam while writing about the pre-Islamic historical period. When we talk about pre-Islamic Arabia, we refer towards Arabian Peninsula in 630’s before the rise of Islam. Many settled communities in Arab region were developed into distinctive civilization. Some of the prominent civilization include Thamud which remained from 3000 BCE to 300 CE, Dilmun which remained from the end of the fourth millennium to 600 CE. When the first millennium of BCE began, Southern Arabia accommodated a number of kingdoms such as Sabaeans Eastern Arabia, and Sassanians from 300 BCE. Before the arrival of Islam, the Arab region comprises of indigenous polytheistic beliefs which include Judaism, Ancient Arab Christianity, Nestorian Christianity and Zoroastrianism. The early Arab traders of Arabian Peninsula established Christianity first when they heard the gospel from Peter the apostle at Jerusalem. In the areas of Southern Arabia, the Ancient Arabic Christianity was strong. Najran was the center of Christianity. In Eastern Arabia, Nestorian Christianity was the dominant religion before the arrival of Islam in that region. Later on, before the start, if Islamic era Christianity was divided into some unorthodox sects such as Gnostics. The Arabs of the pre-Islamic period begin with Arabists when they learned to decipher epigraphic Old South Arabian (10th Century BCE) and Ancient North Arabian and other Islamic Arabian writings. With the rise of Himyarite, the Arabian history became more tangible, with the gradual integration of Nabataeans with Qahtanites an expansion of Muslim conquests exceeded in the 7th century. The Islamic Scholar, later on, researched the history through
Introduction It is very significant to understand about political, economic, social and religious conditions of Arab before Islam while writing about the pre-Islamic historical period. When we talk about pre-Islamic Arabia, we refer towards Arabian Peninsula in 630’s before the rise of Islam. Many settled communities in Arab region were developed into distinctive civilization. Some of the prominent civilization include Thamud which remained from 3000 BCE to 300 CE, Dilmun which remained from the end of the fourth millennium to 600 CE. When the first millennium of BCE began, Southern Arabia accommodated a number of kingdoms such as Sabaeans Eastern Arabia, and Sassanians from 300 BCE. Before the arrival of Islam, the Arab region comprises of indigenous polytheistic beliefs which include Judaism, Ancient Arab Christianity, Nestorian Christianity and Zoroastrianism. The early Arab traders of Arabian Peninsula established Christianity first when they heard the gospel from Peter the apostle at Jerusalem. In the areas of Southern Arabia, the Ancient Arabic Christianity was strong. Najran was the center of Christianity. In Eastern Arabia, Nestorian Christianity was the dominant religion before the arrival of Islam in that region. Later on, before the start, if Islamic era Christianity was divided into some unorthodox sects such as Gnostics. The Arabs of the pre-Islamic period begin with Arabists when they learned to decipher epigraphic Old South Arabian (10th Century BCE) and Ancient North Arabian and other Arabian writings. With the rise of Himyarite, the Arabian history became more tangible, with the gradual integration of Nabataeans with Qahtanites an expansion of Muslim conquests exceeded in the 7th century. The Islamic Scholar, later on, researched the history through Islamic
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