And 6th century Arabia was an interesting place. In many other videos, we've talked about various empires around the Mediterranean, around the Mesopotamia, in Persia. And even on this map, in the time of Muhammad, you see significant empires, the Byzantine Empire, the Eastern Roman Empire. You have Sassanid Persia. But Arabia was never really consolidated or ruled by a formal, or most of Arabia, by a formal government or a formal empire. The rule of law in most of Arabia and the world in which Muhammad was born into was a tribal world where you were protected by your tribe. And it was really the laws of vendetta and revenge that kept certain things in check, but also would lead to a lot of wars and a lot of violence.