i didn't think you were saying that

Then why did you bother with that response

i said that this religion was bullshit in the eyes of the outside world at this point in time

Not really

This was at the end of Muhammads life

yes

they had conquered west arabia and oman

Yes

these regions are shitholes now, let alone then

the fucking ethiopians conquered arabia before them

The ethiopians are based.

Sure?

I don't know how you think this is rare though

the whole thing you tried to prove with the posting of that map is that islam was a powerful and legitimate religion at that point

It unequivocally was

it wasn't. it was still a fringe movement, especially for someone who isn't a middle easterner

You assert this with no reason

i gave you the reasons

You did not, you said he conquered a shithole, the entire world was a shithole at that point

no?

Compared to today yes

the desert was always poorer than everywhere that's... well, not desert. lol.

read yazdegerd III's letter to umar

civilized people literally regarded arabs as lizard eating sand dwelling shitskins

This is the same as any civilization regarding any other civilization. This still isn't even on the level of anecdotal evidence, it's entirely speculation. When you say "I can't explain this" it's simple, he just converted.

Every religion has this story

yes, i can't explain why he converted

what convinced him

It was a charismatic movement

Why did the entire area convert?

which entire area?

The Arabs

i'd reckon either because of legitimate zelaoutry or political reasons

muhammad had a sort of "kill all pagans policy"

Mass convertion tends to lend credibility to charismatic, that's what I'm saying

when he destroyed the idols in mecca and nothing bad happened i'm sure that left an impression on the pagan arabs

If all of India converted, I'd possibly believe it

sure, but this dude was a king in hindu india

It was literally only him who converted

if all of india converted i'd definitely believe it, lol

India had such a large population, some others must have seen it no?