Yathrib

Japanese: Yathrib
Yathrib

...It is likely that agriculture and livestock farming have been carried out here since ancient times, and settlements have developed there, but its history several decades before Islam is unknown. Iathrippa, which appears in Ptolemy's Geography from the 2nd century, is thought to be a town on this plain, and Medina was known as Yathrib even in the time of the Prophet Muhammad. Before Muhammad migrated from Mecca to Medina (the Hijra) in 622, Medina had small settlements scattered across the plain, and dozens of small forts where people could take refuge in times of war.

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Japanese:

…おそらく古くから農牧業が行われ,集落も発達していたと思われるが,イスラム以前数十年より前の歴史は不明である。2世紀のプトレマイオスの《地理学》にあるイアトリッパIathrippaはこの平原にある町と考えられており,預言者ムハンマドの時代でもメディナはヤスリブYathribという名で知られていた。 ムハンマドが622年にメッカからメディナへ移住(ヒジュラ)を行う前のメディナには,平原の方々に小集落が散在し,小規模な砦が数十あって人々は戦時にはそこに立てこもった。…

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