Analysis of the Role of World Trade in the Cultural Evolution of Mecca (Fifth to Sixth Century AD)

Authors

  • Bahman Zeinali
  • Shahram Khaledi
  • Mansoreye Eshgi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7596/taksad.v6i4.1130

Keywords:

Mecca, Hanif religion, Paganism, World trade, Cultural structure, Age of Ignorance.

Abstract

One of the topics of the studies on the pre-Islamic history includes the reasons and the trend of development of the culture of ignorance in Hejaz, especially in Mecca, as the center of the Abrahamic religion. Muslim historians’ accounts of this evolution are mainly the product of the analysis of events and interpretation of Quran verses rather than the stories and myths that reflect the method of this evolution. The present research, which was carried out based on references and textbooks using the descriptive and analytical method, aimed to explain the reason and the method of rejection of Islam by the habitants of Mecca in spite of their long history of worshiping Allah and believing in the values of the Hanif religion. According to the research findings, ignorance does not seem to have been an intellectual leap or depression influenced by regional changes. It has been rather driven by international changes, especially the growth of world trade, which has turned Arabia into an isolated safe country in charge of the relationship between eastern and western trade centers. This new role has played down monotheistic values by stressing new values. 

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2017-09-30

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Zeinali, B., Khaledi, S., & Eshgi, M. (2017). Analysis of the Role of World Trade in the Cultural Evolution of Mecca (Fifth to Sixth Century AD). Journal of History Culture and Art Research, 6(4), 252-267. https://doi.org/10.7596/taksad.v6i4.1130