Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam / / Patricia Crone.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2015
• VerfasserIn: Crone, Patricia,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Islamic Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (309 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Part I. The Spices Of Araby --; I. Introduction --; 2. The Classical Spice Trade --; 3. "Meccan Spice Trade" --; Part II. Arabia Without Spices --; 4. What Did The Meccans Export? --; 5. Where Were The Meccans Active? --; 6. What Meccan Trade Was Not --; 7. What Meccan Trade May Have Been --; 8. The Sanctuary And Meccan Trade --; Part III. Conclusion --; 9. The Sources --; 10. The Rise Of Islam --; Appendices --; Appendix 1. The Provenance Of Classical Cinnamon --; Appendix 2. Calamus --; Appendix 3. The Etymology And Original Meaning Of Aloē --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463209933; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463209933
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Patricia Crone.

Patricia Crone reassesses one of the most widely accepted dogmas in contemporary accounts of the beginnings of Islam: the supposition that Mecca was a trading center. In addition, she seeks to elucidate sources on which we should reconstruct our picture of the birth of the new religion in Arabia.