The Economic Situation | The Sealed Nectar | Part 3

Excerpts from "The Sealed Nectar"

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The economic situation was very similar to the social atmosphere, which was clearly illustrated by the Arab way of life. Trade was the most common means of providing a livelihood. However, trade journeys could not be undertaken unless security was granted to caravan routes and there was peaceful co-existence between the tribes - - two necessities lacking in Arabia, except during the Sacred Months within which the Arabs held their assemblies of 'Ukaz, Dhul-Majaz, Majannah and others.

Arabia was the farthest of lands from industry. Most of the industries like knitting and tanning were done by craftsmen coming from Yemen, Heerah and the borders of Syria. There was a primitive farming and livestock industry within Arabia. Almost all Arab women were adept of spanning yarn, but even this practice was continually threatened by wars. On the whole, poverty, hunger and deprivation of basic necessities like food and clothing were the prevailing economic features in Arabia.