Economy of pre-Islamic Arabia

The economy of pre-Islamic Arabia comprised the forms of production, subsistence and exchange practiced in the Arabian Peninsula before the rise of Islam in the 7th century CE. It varied sharply by region. In South Arabia and parts of eastern Arabia, agriculture depended on dams, floodwater diversion, terraces, wells and oasis systems.

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