Feliz

Let us look at the world, but where do we start?  Let us see the world, then the Arabian peninsula and finally Makkah. 
The world was under the power of two great empires, the Persian Empire and the Roman Empire.
  They were two imperialistic states, and injustice became widespread. Taxes were extremely high, racial and religious persecutions were enforced.
  Injustice was widespread. Peoplelived in shocking poverty while the leaders lived in opulence. 
In the Roman Empire, this lead to cruel forms of entertainment such as gladiators fighting lions.  The Persians, on the other hand, were responsible for the worst class system ever witnessed in history, with a huge gap between the richest and the poorest; nobility, clergymen, then the worthless mass.
 Europe was enduring itsdarkest ages.  Ignorance was widespread and there was even a paper discussing whether a woman was a human being or an animal, whether she had the right to inherit or to own property.  Polygamy was common.  The English historian Wells said, “The world has never witnessed in its history a darker, worse, more desperate era than the 6th century AD.  The world was totally paralyzed, and Europe resembled adecaying body of a giant dead man.”
 This is the world at the time of the birth of the Prophet. Wells then ends his words saying, “until Muhammad, the Prophet of Muslims, appeared.
Here I would like to point out that this is how all our reference books speak of this era.  However, it cannot be so, otherwise these empires would not have risen.  The reality is that as generations passed, theybrought with them the downfall of these empires.  Every civilization has a beginning and an end.  And 570 AD was its end.
The empires had their heydays then crumbled, thus Allah sent from our desert a man to bring reform based on truth and justice.  The Romans and Persians fell because of injustice and we rose because of justice and fairness.  Then the wheel of history turned and we fell when we let goof justice and fairness, and Europe rose because it upheld some of these aspects.  This does not mean I approve of everything there.
Let us move on to the Arabian peninsula.  It consisted of dispersed tribes in conflict with each other: looting, kidnapping for slavery, etc.  As for religion, there were 360 statues of gods on top of the Ka’ba. Some people used to take a square stone for a god,and when traveling they would take a travel-sized pebble as a god for convenience.  Others would make a god out of date paste if it were too cold to go to the place of worship.  However, when hunger strikes, eating the god might be the only option
Women had no financial rights of inheritance or ownership.  A women was even part of the inheritance, except for those of some noble families. Khadijahwas not like this nor Amina bint-Wahb.  Moreover, the practice of burying girls alive was common.  Some companions of the Prophet buried up to seven daughters before Islam, and could never cry enough afterwards for what they had done.  Some girls were buried at birth, others at the age of six.
Let us see Makkah now.Makkah was an international trade city.  All the caravans passed by Makkah.  Whatwere the winter and summer caravans?  Merchandise came from China to Yemen through the Arabian peninsula and the traders of Quraysh then reached the Levant.  Quraysh was the link between the Romans and the Persians.  Therefore, it was an affluent city, and its traders were some of the wealthiest in the world.
 
Makkah was also the centre of religious destinations, because of the Ka’ba. Thisbrought about cultural exchanges and more trade and wealth.  Makkah was also a cultural centre of media.  Poets used to gather in Akkadh Souk to recite poetry. Moreover, Makkah was the safest place in the peninsula because it was the leading city of the Arabs.  
There were 360 statues of gods above the Ka’ba, but not because the Makkans worshiped all of them.  It was more of a financial agreement...