Question

What were the major ways in which the city of mecca interacted with the bedouin tribes that lived in the desert areas around it?

Answer 1

There are two ways of interaction of Mecca with the Bedouin tribes. One was that it was situated on the way which was used for the trade caravans and nomadic tribes protected the trade routes. The other was the religious interactions as Mecca was the house of Kaba the Holy House and the tribes used to worship various gods which were placed inside Kaba, that was a significant factors the Mecca was considered the central point of the area.