Arabia Before Muhammad

De Lacy O’Leavy Lecturer in Aramaic and Syriac, Bristol University Author of Arabic Thought and its Place in History

• Arabia and the Arabs; Egyptian Penetration of Arabia; Mesopotamian Penetration of Arabia; The Route to India; THE KINGDOMS OF SOUTH ARABIA; Arabian Trade in the Days of Justinian; Christianity and the Arabs; The Arabs of the Border Settlements; Jewish Penetration of Arabia; Mecca as a Commercial Centre; Evidence from Pre-Islamic Religion; The Beginning of the Prophet’s Ministry; Bibliography and Abbreviations;