<Tab/>Before Muhammed's birth the Middle East already had many years of experience under its belt. From Mesopotamia all the way to nomadic Arabs settlings into towns and eventually cities, the people of the Middle East had already begun carving out its history long before the Prophet. This abundance of culture, though, which was left behind as each empire rose and fell, was not simply paved over and replaced by Islam. …showed first 75 words of 665 total…

…showed last 75 words of 665 total…is Islam, but the path that that land took to get to where it is now should not be undermined. Muhammed adapted many of his traditions from what he had to go with before him and that is a characteristic prevalent in the history of the world. As nations rise and fall their successors are responsible to do exactly what Islam did throughout its development, pick and chose from what works and build on it.