Arabian Paganism
Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia included indigenous Arabian polytheism, ancient Semitic religions, Christianity, Judaism, Mandaeism, and Iranian religions such as Zoroastrianism, and Manichaeism, and rarely Buddhism. Arabian polytheism, the dominant form of religion in pre-Islamic Arabia, was based on veneration of deities and spirits. Worship was directed to various gods and goddesses, including Hubal and the goddesses al-Lāt, al-‘Uzzā, and Manāt, at local shrines and temples such as the Kaaba in Mecca. Deities were venerated and invoked through a variety of rituals, including pilgrimages and divination, as well as ritual sacrifice. Different theories have been proposed regarding the role of Allah in Meccan religion. Many of the physical descriptions of the pre-Islamic gods are traced to idols, especially near the Kaaba, which is said to have contained up to 360 of them. Other religions were represented to varying, lesser degrees. The influence of the adjacent Roman ...
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Antico may refer to: People * Andrea Antico (c. 1480 – after 1538), Renaissance music printer active in Rome; Ottaviano Petrucci's first competitor * Anthony Antico (born 1935), American mobster * Antico Dalton (born 1975), American and Canadian football linebacker * Tristan Antico (1923–2004), Australian industrialist * Antico or "L'Antico", the name by which the Renaissance sculptor Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi (c. 1460–1528) is often known Other * Antico Pizza, pizzeria in Atlanta, Georgia * Feroleto Antico, town in Calabria * Monte Antico, village in Tuscany * Rosso Antico, aperitif * ''Stile antico'', the use of Renaissance polyphonic style after around 1600, used in distinction to the stile moderno See also

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