Why did Islam spread so quickly? Mecca was prosperous and important. It was a bustling Arabian trade town with camel carvains arriving regularly from north and south. Arab pagans came to perform rituals at the ka’ba [the holy shrine to mecca]. Muhammad’s death in 632. Allah’s words was that Muhammad was reciting would be written and called Qur’an. By the middle of the sixth century Mecca was prosperous and important. They transport silk, ivory and precious metals by camels. The year was 570 ce when they started the trade routes. Medina, Aden, Muscat was the easiest route to get from mecca. It was the crossroads of the lucrative caravan. Mecca was the site of Arabia’s holiest pegan shrine. Trade was one of the most popular ways to make money.
