Patricia Crone reassesses one of the most widely accepted dogmas in contemporary accounts of the beginnings of Islam: the supposition that Mecca was a trading center.
UPatricia Crone uphinde ahlaziye enye yezimfundiso ezamukelwa kabanzi kuma-akhawunti esikhathi samanje okuqala kobuSulumane, umbono wokuthi iMecca kwakuyisikhungo sokuhweba esasichuma ngokuthumela izinongo ezinamakha eMedithera.