Society
People lived in these groups
What are tribes?
Most people believed in many gods
A holy city in Arabia
Most of Arabia is a
desert
Popular way to share stories
poetry
Paths used for trading goods
trade routes
A tribe leader was called a
What is a sheikh?
A holy city in Arabia
What is Mecca?
Water was very
scarce
Stories were told by speaking, not writing
oral tradition
A wealthy trade city
Mecca
people were most loyal to their
What is their tribe?
A building that held idols
What is the Kaaba?
people moved from place to place, called
nomads
Being kind to guests is called
hospitality
Animals used for desert trave
camels
Tribes often had fights called
What are conflicts?
Objects people worshipped
What are idols?
oases
Places with water in the desert
Very important value in society
honor
Valuable fabric traded
silk
Family and tribe were very important in
What is society?
Belief in one God
What is monotheism?
Arabia is called a
peninsula
Poets helped tribes by
praising them
Trade connected Arabia to
Asia, Africa, and Europe