Bedouins would travel through the desert, herd animals, and act as guides for caravans. ... Muhammad started to work in Mecca's caravan trade, he traveled to Syria and saw many new and different places. ...

• Word Count: 463
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

"Before the seventh century, the desert peninsula of Arabia was unimportant to world history"(Walker324).Yet today its a major religion, only second to Christianity in number of followers. ... The first Khalifas which were close companions of the prophet, Abu Bakr followed by Umar, conquered the great empire of Persia and the byzantine provinces of Syria and Palestine. ...

• Word Count: 1274
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School