Christianity in pre-Islamic Arabia

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Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia was historically traditional, local polytheistic religions. In the fourth century, Christianity became the dominant religion in the Roman Empire, Armenia, and Ethiopia, and began to make ground among large populations of Roman Arabs across the Sinai Peninsula, Jordan, southern Syria, and in the interior of the Arabian Peninsula, where large populations of Arab Christians emerged. The most significant populations of Arab Christians formed among Roman populations, especially in the province of Roman Arabia, and on the Arabian Peninsula, in Eastern Arabia and South Arabia, with local populations also forming in the Hejaz. With the growth of Christianity in the Arabian Peninsula in the fifth and sixth centuries, churches, monasteries, cathedrals, and martyria were built. These new institutions allowed local leaders to display benefaction towards their communities, communicate with local leaders, and act as points of communication with Christian communities abroad...

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