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Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam Patricia Crone
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Download The English Version · Download The Arabic Version. A Response to Patricia Crone's Book: Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam. Historically, trade and commerce played a crucial role in the spread of Islam. Crone demonstrates that Islam did not originate in Mecca. Patricia Crone in her 1987 book "Meccan Trade and the Rise of islam" establishes that historical records show that well into the time of the Prophet, Mecca was not a center of trade at all. [4] Patricia Crone, Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987), 244; also available at: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/crone.html (accessed December 16, 2005). GO Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam Author: Patricia Crone Type: eBook. The Muslim victory also signaled other tribes that a new power had arisen in Arabia and strengthened Muhammad's authority as leader of the often fractious community in Medina. Having unlearnt most of what we knew about Meccan trade, do we find ourselves deprived of our capacity to explain the rise of Islam? Local Arab tribes In the spring of 624, Muhammad received word from his intelligence sources that a trade caravan, commanded by Abu Sufyan and guarded by thirty to forty men, was travelling from Syria back to Mecca. Mecca was a centre of commerce and caravans from Asia to Africa passed through on a regular basis. As a result of the conference with the Jewish delegation, however, Abu Sufyan became more conscious of the danger to the Meccan trade by the further spread of Islam. Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam. Language: English Released: 1987. In her book, Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam, Dr. Mecca is located in the Hejaz region of what is today Saudi Arabia. What is the Islamic perspective on fair trade?