Pre-Islamic Arabia
شبه الجزيرة العربية قبل الإسلام
c. 500 CE – c. 610 CE
The Arabian Peninsula and its neighbours in the generations before the revelation: trading towns, tribes, poetry, and Jewish, Christian and polytheist communities.
Depth
At a glance
- Region
- Arabia
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In time
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Connections
- Has part
- The Second Abyssinian Occupation of YemenThe Battle of Dhu QarThe Raising of the Kaaba’s FoundationsThe Expulsion of Jurhum from MeccaThe Flood of al-Arim (the Bursting of Maʾrib Dam)The Massacre of Najran (Ashab al-Ukhdud)Liberation and Persian Rule of YemenQusayy ibn Kilab Takes MeccaThe Command to Sacrifice IsmailThe Settlement of Hajar and Ismail at Mecca
People and things also explored
MeccaIbrahim (Abraham)Ismail (Ishmael)The KaabaJurhumKhuza'aYemenThe Sasanian Empire
Sources
- Hodgson, The Venture of Islam (1974)
- Hourani, A History of the Arab Peoples (1991)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Pre-Islamic Arabia”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/period/pre-islamic-arabia/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.