ReinyDays
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The Bedouin took the herds to follow available pasture and water . They also provided meat and hides, salt and some trade items.
The townies provided grain, clay pots, textiles etc.
Often they were related like extended family.
Saudi Arabia had a tiny population up to the 1950s.
What do you mean "townies"? ... if the people who living in the towns weren't Bedouin, what were they? ... because Muhammad was born and raised in Mecca ... and as an adult, was a caravan leader from Mecca to Jerusalem ... [smile] ... he married into wealth ...
I think in religious matters, there's no difference between the nomadic herders and the settlements at the wells and oases ... towns and villages if you wish ... we don't have to call Ottumwa a "farming community" ... but it is a community of farmers ...