Provides a biography of the prophet Muhammad, founder of the Islam faith. Examines his ongoing impact. Includes a full bibliography.
A desert peninsula in 6th century was the cross roads of the world, the bridge between Europe, Asia and Africa. Arabia was a vacant wasteland of desert, rarely seeing any life besides that of the trade caravans. City states dominated the political life and the only form of centralized government was in chaos. This was Arabia in the 6th century, this even though Christian was to become the staging ground for the growth of the 2nd largest religion that exists today. This is where the "Prophet" Muhammad was born in the city of Mecca.
In 570 Muhammad was born, son of Abdullah who had died just a few short weeks before. Nobody knew that in 53 years a journey was to start that would change the world for thousands of year. After being born with out.....
