![]() The most famous site was the Kaaba (meaning cube in Arabic). The town of Mecca was an important trading and religious center, home to many temples and worship sites where the devoted prayed to the idols of these gods. Most tribes were polytheistic, worshipping their own set of gods. Many of the tribes living in the Arabian Peninsula at the time were nomadic, trading goods as they crisscrossed the desert. The family was active in Meccan politics and trade. He belonged to a poor but respectable family of the Quraysh tribe. His father died before he was born and he was raised first by his grandfather and then his uncle. Muhammad was born around 570, AD in Mecca (now in Saudi Arabia). As of 2015, there are over 1.8 billion Muslims in the world who profess, “There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet.” The Life of Muhammad By 630 he had unified most of Arabia under a single religion. At age 40, he began to have revelations from Allah that became the basis for the Koran and the foundation of Islam. Most of his early life was spent as a merchant. Muhammad was the prophet and founder of Islam. ![]()
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