Today's Muslims are branded as terrorists
or fudamentalist. But their religion is a gentle religion. On
the Arabian Peninsula, home of the Arabs, was isolated
and they were able to develop their civilization without
outside influences. It is about 1 million miles square, that is
located between the Red sea and the Persian Gulf. There
are two distinctive regions. The first has well-watered
valleys between mountains and the second is arid plains
and desert. Grass grows quickly during the showes of the
rainy season. In ancient times the Arabs were bedouin
(nomads that hersed sheep, goats, and camels. and lived in
tents made made of felt from camel or goat hair.) They ate
fresh or dried dates and drank milk from their herds. On
special occasions they ate mutlon. their tribes were made of
related families. They valued family ties because
because
they ensured they ensured protection and survival. They
had a chief (sheikh). The sheikh ruled as long as the tribe
allowed him. They had a counsil of elders. There was
warfare over waterholes and pastures. Their way of
punishment is an eye for sn eye and a tooth for a tooth. To
improve warrior skills they had camel and horse. They had
story telling in frount of the campfire. They had poetry
about battles, desert, camels, horses, and love. In 500
A.D. they started a town called Makkah, which was fifty
miles inland of the Red sea. Trade was mostly of animal
producys for weopeans dates grains, spices, jewels ivory,
silk, and perfumes. They had caravans travel there from as
for china. Arabs had and worshipped many ditied business
ties were replaceing family ties, and old tribal laws were not
adequat Byzantine and the Persin armies were threat ...