The Arabian Setting
Vocabulary – The Arabian Setting Arabian Peninsula -Oasis -Nomads/Nomadic life - Bedouins -Sedentary lifeTribal culture -
Arabian Peninsula
Borders the Mediterranean Sea & Arabian Sea. Very Harsh environment.
Oasis
Is a fertile place in the desert that supplies water.
Nomads/ Nomadic Life
people who move from place to place. They have no fixed home.
Bedouins Arabian Nomads Very skilled at warfare and very independent.
Sedentary Life People who lived in an oasis town or trade center.
Tribal Culture Both nomadic and sedentary Arabs were organized into tribes. Their loyalty was to the tribe and family, not to rulers.
Arabian Peninsula Map Directions: Use textbook page 67 to label the map Label – Mediterranean Sea- Mesopotamia – Arabian Sea- Asia – Persian Gulf- Africa – Red Sea Color Arabian Peninsula – Orange Bodies of water – Blue Asia & Africa (all other landmasses) Brown