Is Islam true?.

[Fragony]

That's a big misconception you're pointing out there, Hax.

Arabia was populated by mostly Nomadic or semi-nomadic tribes pre-Islam. When we read "nomad", we tend to think "primitive" or similar terms.

In the context of how Islam was born, this is a far from proper. Nomads are mobile traders. They both moved around a lot, they interacted with everyone they came across, and they exchanged both money, wares and ideas(a good conversation is a must for a good deal). As such, I find it highly likely that they not only knew about, but had in-depth knowledge of neighboring traditions, customs, laws and religions.

And that's before you add the fact that Arabia was a trade hub, of course.

Mohammed was no nomad though, he was a city merchant. Which makes it pretty unlikely he was illiterate of course. Hax is probably right that he just wasn't educated in the way educated meant; highly educated.