Trace the development within the Arabic world before the birth of isla

1.	Trace the development within the Arabic world before the birth of islam?
Answer» Religion in\xa0pre-Islamic Arabia\xa0included indigenous animistic-polytheistic beliefs, as well as Christianity, Judaism, Mandaeism, and Iranian religions of Zoroastrianism, Mithraism, and Manichaeism.\xa0Arabian\xa0polytheism, the dominant form of religion in\xa0pre-Islamic Arabia, was based on veneration of deities and spirits.\xa0Others concur that the\xa0pre-Islamic calendar\xa0was originally a lunar\xa0calendar, but suggest that about 200 years\xa0before\xa0the Hijra it was transformed into a lunisolar\xa0calendar, which had an intercalary month added from time to time to keep the pilgrimage within the season of the year when merchandise was most abundant.

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