AP* EDITION|THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE: A GLOBAL HISTORY Chapter 8 Review
AP* EDITION|THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE: A GLOBAL HISTORY CHAPTER 8 Larger Concept Section Review Vocabulary Terms Details THE ORIGINS OF ISLAM The Arabian Peninsula Before Muhammad -Islam emerged among the nomadic pastoralists and caravan traders if the Arabian peninsula -Mecca grew as a caravan city and pilgrimage site identified with Jewish and Christian stories Mecca-city in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad and ritual center of the Islamic religion -The Arabs of 600 C.E. lived exclusively in the Arabian peninsula and on the desert fringes of Syria, Jordan, and Iraq -More people subsisted as farms than pastoralists -Inlets along the southern coast favored fishing and trading communities