WI pre-Islamic Arabian developments without Roman-Sassanid conflict?

In the 2nd-6th centuries, the Arabian world changed significantly. The Kindite federation in the Najd, Himyar in Southern Arabia and the Lakhmids and Ghassanids in the North accumulated power, conducted wars, sometimes against each other. Various brands of Christianity became popular, and Judaism spread, too.

Much of this was shaped by the Roman and Sassanid Empires and their conflicts.
how would Arabia have developed pre-Islam if th ere had not been this conflict, e.g. because one Empire had triumphed over the other?
 
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In the 2nd-6th centuries, the Arabian world changed significantly. The Kindite federation in the Najd, Himyar in Southern Arabia and the Lakhmids and Ghassanids in the North accumulated power, conducted wars, sometimes against each other. Various Brands of Christianity became populär, and Judaism spread, too.

Much of this was shaped by the Roman and Sassanid Empires and their conflicts.
how would Arabia have developed pre-Islam if th ere had Not been:cool: this conflict, e.g. because one Empire had triumphed over the other?

Well then the question becomes how do the region form without trade. They were the gateway to India for Europe and the Eastern Med, as such they were going to be in conflict unless of course they never began trading in the first place.
 
In the 2nd-6th centuries, the Arabian world changed significantly. The Kindite federation in the Najd, Himyar in Southern Arabia and the Lakhmids and Ghassanids in the North accumulated power, conducted wars, sometimes against each other. Various brands of Christianity became popular, and Judaism spread, too.

Much of this was shaped by the Roman and Sassanid Empires and their conflicts.
how would Arabia have developed pre-Islam if th ere had Not been:cool: this conflict, e.g. because one Empire had triumphed over the other?

There had been this 3 goddesses religion.

the triad of the Goddesses Al-Uzza, Al-Lat and Menat. They had been widespread worshipped.
http://www.thaliatook.com/AMGG/arabtriple.php
 
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Sorry for the weird mistakes. My mobile...
what three goddesses religion? Sounds interesting...
Why should there not be trade? And conflicts, too.
my OP only excluded the two-empire rivalry.
 
The discussion about the Three Goddesses Cult is very interesting in its own, thanks for starting another thread, Byzantion.

To specify my OP a little:
Which of the various pan-tribal federations (Kindah, Tanukh etc.) would not form, had it not been for Roman / Byzantine / Sassanid meddling?
Which dynasty would never have risen to prominence without this meddling? (Lakhmids? Ghassanids? What about Himyar in the South?)
With only one power controlling the lands surrounding Arabia, would Arabia have been more centralised than OTL or less?
How far into the desert would imperial power reach?
 
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