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>>4349246
That's probably because the Middle East is a ridiculously wide geographic area. The Levant and Northern Africa were Christian when Muhammad began his conquests. Along with Christianity, the Eastern Roman Empire harboured different Gnostic sects, while Judaea was Jewish with Judaic minorities in many major cities along the Mediterranean. The state religion of the Sassanid Empire in the east was Zoroastrianism. In the countryside and in outskirts such as the Arabian peninsula, many ethnic and regional paganisms flourished, descended from ancient Semitic religion but also influenced Greco-Roman paganism. You can find some more information on Arabic mythology on Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_mythology

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>>4349246
That's probably because the Middle East is a ridiculously wide geographic area. The Levant and Northern Africa were Christian when Muhammad began his conquests. Along with Christianity, the Eastern Roman Empire harboured different Gnostic sects, while Judaea was Jewish with Judaic minorities in many major cities along the Mediterranean. The state religion of the Sassanid Empire in the east was Zoroastrianism. In the countryside and in outskirts such as the Arabian peninsula, many ethnic and regional paganisms flourished, influenced by ancient Semitic religion on one hand and Greco-Roman paganism on the other. You can find some more information on Arabic mythology on Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_mythology

Does that answer your question?