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Long considered a lost civilization due to the lack of indigenous written records, academic and archaeological developments since the mid-20th century have revealed the Phoenicians to be a complex and influential civilization. [17] Their best known legacy is the world's oldest verified alphabet , which they transmitted across the Mediterranean world. [18] [19] The Phoenician alphabet formed the basis of the Greek alphabet , which in turn was adopted for the Latin script , the world's dominant writing system . The Phoenicians are also credited with innovations in shipbuilding, navigation, industry, agriculture, and government. Their international trade network is believed to have fostered the economic, political, and cultural foundations of Western civilization. [20]
The son of Solomon.  Rehoboam ( / ˌ r iː ə ˈ b oʊ . əm / ; Hebrew : רְחַבְעָם‬, Reḥav'am ; Greek : Ροβοαμ, Rovoam ; Latin : Roboam ) was the first king of the Kingdom of Judah . He was a son of and the successor to Solomon and a grandson of David . In the account of I Kings and II Chronicles , he was initially king of the United Monarchy of Israel , but after the ten northern tribes of Israel rebelled in 932/931 BC to form the independent Northern Kingdom of Israel , under the rule of Jeroboam , Rehoboam remained as king only of the Kingdom of Judah , or southern kingdom. 
This is why the last prophet came from among the arabs. The dont have much paganist myths that may delude the religion. Think about greeks, this would be terrible with soo many mythology, all mixed with the new religion. According to F.E. Peters , "one of the characteristics of Arab paganism as it has come down to us is the absence of a mythology, narratives that might serve to explain the origin or history of the gods." [47] Many of the deities have epithets, but are lacking myths or narratives to decode the epithets, making them generally uninformative. [48]
Al-Lat, al-Uzza and Manat Bas-relief: Nemesis , al-Lat and the dedicator. Palmyrene , 2nd-3rd century AD. Al-Lāt , Al-‘Uzzá and Manāt were common names used for multiple goddesses across Arabia. [24] [36] [37] [38] [39] G.R. Hawting states that modern scholars have frequently associated the names of Arabian goddesses Al-lāt , Al-‘Uzzá and Manāt with cults devoted to celestial bodies, particularly Venus , drawing upon evidence external to the Muslim tradition as well as in relation to Syria , Mesopotamia and the Sinai Peninsula . [40] Allāt ( Arabic : اللات‎) or al-Lāt was worshipped throughout the ancient Near East with various associations. [32] Herodotus in the 5th century BC identifies Alilat ( Greek : Ἀλιλάτ) as the Arabic name for Aphrodite (and, in another passage, for Urania ), [5] which is strong evidence for worship of Allāt in Arabia at that early date. [41] Al-‘Uzzá ( Arabic : العزى‎) was a fertility goddess [42] or possibly a goddess of love. [43] Manāt (...
 Some scholars postulate that in pre-Islamic Arabia, including in Mecca, Allah was considered to be a deity, possibly a creator deity or a supreme deity in a polytheistic pantheon . [21] [22] The word Allah (from the Arabic al-ilah meaning "the god") [23] may have been used as a title rather than a name. [24] [25] [26] The concept of Allah may have been vague in the Meccan religion. [27] According to Islamic sources, Meccans and their neighbors believed that the goddesses Al-lāt , Al-‘Uzzá , and Manāt were the daughters of Allah. [2] [22] [24] [25] [28] Regional variants of the word Allah occur in both pagan and Christian pre-Islamic inscriptions. [29] [30] References to Allah are found in the poetry of the pre-Islamic Arab poet Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma , who lived a generation before Muhammad, as well as pre-Islamic personal names. [31] Muhammad's father's name was ʿAbd-Allāh , meaning "the servant of Allah". [27] Charles Russell Coulter and Patri...
Al-Juwayni, a Sunni jurist and Mutakallim , or scholar engaged in the study of theological principles, spent his life deciphering between what a Muslim ought and ought not to do. He was said to be stubborn and accepting of any legal speculation whatsoever. His basic principle was that the law should not be left to speculation on any grounds. Rather, texts hold the answers to any possible legal debate in some capacity or another. [7] He was a master of the Koran and Hadith texts in addition to being well versed in the particular school of Shafi'i and theological practices of the Ash'arite persuasion. [10]
But, looks like Nizam al-mulk is the man! He saw the light, not turks!!  Al-Juwayni traveled to Mecca and Medina in search of an interim home. He taught and studied there in Hijaz for four years. [9] During this time, al-Juwayni became hugely popularized because of his father's prominence in the scholarly world, and his exile. [7] He gained a large following and was invited back to Nishapur by the founder of the Shafii Madrasa , Khwaja Nizam al-Mulk . Upon his return, Juwayni was appointed to teach the doctrine of the Ash'arites at the Nizamiyya Madrasa until he died in 1085CE (which would turn out to be about 26 years). [9] Al-Juwayni spent his life studying and producing influential treatises in Muslim government; it is suspected that most of his works (below) came out of this period after his return from Mecca and Medina. [7]