Word: inclinto
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Arabia. At Mecca was situated the Caaba, the central temple of the Arabs. The pilgrims wished to find their tribal gods in the temple, and thus a polytheism became the religion of the city, although many of the citizens, who had studied the sacred books of the Jews, were inclinto monotheism. Any attack on the idols endangered the commercial prosperity of the city, as the pilgrims afforded the chief source of revenue. The hard-headed merchants, who had enlarged their minds by travel, were by no means as captivated by the doctrine of the would-be reformer as were...
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