pre-islamic arabia up to the 600s
DESCRIPTION
Pre-Islamic Arabia up to the 600s. Chapter 6 (part 1 of 5). Islam did not arrive until the 600s. Arabian Peninsula Before Islam. People considered backwards Lived in the desert Nomads who rode camels. Bedouins = Arab nomads who rode camels. Clans. Rubin Family. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Pre-Islamic Arabia up to the 600s](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062301/56816318550346895dd38ff6/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Pre-Islamic Arabia up to the 600sChapter 6 (part 1 of 5)
![Page 2: Pre-Islamic Arabia up to the 600s](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062301/56816318550346895dd38ff6/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Islam did not arrive until the 600s
![Page 3: Pre-Islamic Arabia up to the 600s](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062301/56816318550346895dd38ff6/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
![Page 4: Pre-Islamic Arabia up to the 600s](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062301/56816318550346895dd38ff6/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
![Page 5: Pre-Islamic Arabia up to the 600s](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062301/56816318550346895dd38ff6/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Arabian Peninsula Before Islam• People considered
backwards• Lived in the desert• Nomads who rode
camels
Bedouins = Arab nomads who rode camels
![Page 6: Pre-Islamic Arabia up to the 600s](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062301/56816318550346895dd38ff6/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Clans
• Tough to survive in desert• Families joined to form
clans• Clans joined to form tribes
Rubin Family
Insana Family
Bergersen Family
Costello Family
Rubinsana Clan
Bergello Clan
L’Town Tribe
![Page 7: Pre-Islamic Arabia up to the 600s](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062301/56816318550346895dd38ff6/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Clan LeadershipClan councils – Shaykhs met to make rules, enforced by warriors
Shaykhs = Clan leaders selected by elders
Examples of Rules:Regulated use of watering holes and grazing land
![Page 8: Pre-Islamic Arabia up to the 600s](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062301/56816318550346895dd38ff6/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Clan HierarchiesShaykh
sLarge herds, several wives, many
children
WarriorsFrom families who made up
the clan
Slave Familiesconquered from other clans
![Page 9: Pre-Islamic Arabia up to the 600s](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062301/56816318550346895dd38ff6/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Wealth Disparities
![Page 10: Pre-Islamic Arabia up to the 600s](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062301/56816318550346895dd38ff6/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Wealth DisparitiesWithin clans some families were wealthy, while some were poor
Within tribes, some clans wealthy, some poor
Series1
Rubins
Insanas
Rubinsana
Berglo
![Page 11: Pre-Islamic Arabia up to the 600s](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062301/56816318550346895dd38ff6/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
The Big Problem – Clan Fighting
• Fights constantly broke out between clans
• Fought over issues such as:- Grazing land- Defeat in horse race- An insult
• These feuds often lasted 100s of years
• Constant infighting hurt the bedouins:- Drained resources- Weakened bedouins compared to their neighbors
![Page 12: Pre-Islamic Arabia up to the 600s](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062301/56816318550346895dd38ff6/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Women in Pre-Islamic Arabia
Had more status than in surrounding empires (Byzantine and Sasanian)
Played key economic roles: milking camels, weaving clothes, raising children
Women did not have to wear veils, that came later
Women still not equal: couldn’t be warriors, and property inheritance/divorce laws favored men
![Page 13: Pre-Islamic Arabia up to the 600s](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062301/56816318550346895dd38ff6/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
ReligionIn Pre-Islamic Arabia, religion was mostly mix of:
1. Animism2. Polytheism
Animism = worship of nature Polytheism = belief in many gods
![Page 14: Pre-Islamic Arabia up to the 600s](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062301/56816318550346895dd38ff6/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Pre-Islamic Arab Culture
Poetry was main cultural output and how we know what life was like
Pre-Islamic art and architecture
not advanced
Visitors to Arab cities like Mecca thought architecture was
unimpressive
![Page 15: Pre-Islamic Arabia up to the 600s](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062301/56816318550346895dd38ff6/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
2 Major Cities: Mecca and Medina
![Page 16: Pre-Islamic Arabia up to the 600s](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062301/56816318550346895dd38ff6/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
MeccaGrew b/c along trade route
Ruling Tribe = Quraysh
Ruling Clan = Umayyad
![Page 17: Pre-Islamic Arabia up to the 600s](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062301/56816318550346895dd38ff6/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
The Ka’ba
1) Religious shrine in Mecca
2) Site of yearly truce as pilgrims came to Mecca
3) Helped business b/c visitors traded in peace
4) Big reason for Mecca being major city
![Page 18: Pre-Islamic Arabia up to the 600s](https://reader036.vdocument.in/reader036/viewer/2022062301/56816318550346895dd38ff6/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
MedinaCity of the Prophet Muhammad
Constant fights for control left Medina behind Mecca
Like Mecca, grew b/c along trade route
(formerly called Yathrib)