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MCCCAN TRADE

AND TlE

RISE OF ISLAM

MECCAN TRADE

AND THE RISE OF ISLAM

PATRICIA CRONE

GORG lAS PRESS

2004

First Cogias Press Edition, 2004.

Corgia� Pre�s ....c.

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Conventions. Published in t he United States of Alllerica by Gorgias

Press LLC, Nw J e s ey . 111is edition is a facsimile reprint of the

originl edition published by Prin c eton University Press, New Jerse y,

1987.

ISBN 1-59333-102-9

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CONTENTS

Preface

vii

Introduction

I The Classical Trade

3 The "Akccan Trade"

What Did the Meccans

Where Were the Mccans Active?

, What Meccan Trade Was Not

7 What Meccan Trade Ilave Been

8 The

and McCean Trade

,68

The Sources

]0 'Ibe Rise of Islam

ApPeNDICES

The Pro\-enance of Classical Cinnamon

Calamus

The

and

of Alol

l 7 1

Index

Patricia Crone - Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam.pdf