Pointing out that the conventional opinion is based on classical accounts of the trade between south Arabia and the Mediterranean some 600 years earlier than the age of Muhammad, Dr. Crone argues that the land route described in these records was short-lived and that the Muslim sources make no mention of such goods."
Ekhomba ukuthi umbono ojwayelekile usekelwe kuma-akhawunti asendulo okuhweba phakathi kweningizimu ye-Arabia neMedithera eminyakeni engaba ngu-600 ngaphambili kuneminyaka kaMuhammad, uDkt Crone uthi umzila womhlaba ochazwe kulawa marekhodi wawuhlala isikhashana nokuthi amaSulumane imithombo ayisho lutho ngalezo zimpahla.