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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.

Islam --- History --- Mecca (Saudi Arabia) --- Arabian Peninsula --- Makkah (Saudi Arabia) --- Mekka (Saudi Arabia) --- Umm al-Qurá (Saudi Arabia) --- Mecque (Saudi Arabia) --- Makka (Saudi Arabia) --- Macoraba (Saudi Arabia) --- Makkah al-Mukarramah (Saudi Arabia) --- Meca (Saudi Arabia) --- Arabia --- Commerce --- History.