Note 72 — Chapter IX · A.D. 622-651. MAHOMET.—CONQUEST OF ARABIA, PERSIA, SYRIA, AND EGYPT.
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The idolatry of the Arabs was, at this time, of the grossest kind. No less than 360 idols had been set up in the Kaaba—many of them gods of neighbouring nations, or of deceased kings and patriarchs.