Arabia Before Islam: Religion, Society, Culture DOCUMENTARY
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I didnt know anything about roman times but now i almost know everything thx man :)
CORRECTION: this is Arabia before the return of Islam.
We believe that Islam existed since the prophet Adam, and that prophet Abraham preached it to his sons (Ishmael and isaac).
The arabs were originally Muslims, until centuries later they became corrupted with paganism, then prophet Muhammad came and redirected the kaaba to the worship of the God, and made Arabia Muslim again.
The reason why the kaaba was important in polytheistic Arabia, is because the arabs after the corruption, they mixed paganism with the religion of Abraham, they even did the same practices but in a different ungodly way.
Also, the Arabs before the return of Islam thought that Allah is the supreme deity, the didn't have any idols of him, and they thought THAT Allah has daughters, which are the idols that were in mecca and inside the kaaba.
please do on pre islamic warfare
What's the name of the latin font which consists of Arabic alphabet that you use in similar videos
My friend, did the ancestors of the Arabs or the ancestors of the Turks destroyed the Byzantine empire?
Never in my life I have heard someone talk about Arabia before Islam. Thank you for this. I never knew Judaism and Christianity actually had quite the foothold there
most of modern Arabs before Islam were , Assyrians , Arameans , Mesopotamians , Egyptians , Nabateans
Which planet are you from?? The world knew all those religions originated from the Arab world,the West is Christian because of its colonial master, the Roman empire
@@beamseff2239 yeah
@@Hamza-hq8ud Nabateans are Arabs and the rest?? What are you talking about??
@@Ahmadbeik99 ancestors of some nowdays arabs
Our university prof showed us this video in class and the manscape sponsorship absolutely KILLED us 😭😭😭😭
Why can’t your university prof explain it himself?😂
@@AmeerMuawiyahASthis is a much more immersive way of understanding it, with the visuals and everything yk?
@@AmeerMuawiyahASexplain the manscape part you mean?
@@AmeerMuawiyahAS the prof doesn't have the visuals
@@justinnamuco9096then the prof shouldn’t have the job
as a Yemeni from Hadramaut , who still has his family tree and can trace it back to the Kindah kingdom in central Arabia, I loved your video and representations specially of Kindah when it was central and then extended to coasts of Hadramaut , you navigated a complex very difficult era with ease and clarity, applaud you.
لاتحاول تتلزق فينا ياليمني
@@user-bt4bg8sv1sاليمني اشرف منك و من كل رحْيصات موسم الرياض
@@user-bt4bg8sv1sجربوع سعودي متتطفل، كندة مملكة يمنية
انت فاهم خطأ
بل كنده من حضرموت
كندة وش علاقتها باليمن 😂😂 ابو يمن اذا كثر قات باقي يقول المريخ يتبع لليمن
As Ethiopia this video is absolutely true .
I am proud of that we Ethiopia had a kingdom that extended to Yemen.❤
Yep, axomites ruled over us and is part of our history, we don't cry about it too. we also ruled over Ethopea at the Sabean time -- where you think Makida which in Sabian the female ruler for some reason you guys think that Seba was in Ethopea but its not. anyways all the love from Yemen to our brothers in Abbasia
"When a father died, his wives were inherited by his son..."
Me: HOLD UP
"...Except for his mother"
Me: oh...okay good
😂😂 that even take me off guard for moment
*sad doujin noices*
Sweet Home Arabia
Sweet Home Alabama
@Muhammed Ashraf incorrect mongols gave them to their brothers
I’ve always wondered about pre-Islamic Arabia. Kings and Generals yet again delivers astounding, well sourced, visually beautiful!
@@ianofliverpool7701 they had tents for the most part of their history. Plus greek maps do not show every city correctly.
@@ianofliverpool7701 Those are revisionist theories not aligned with what mainstream historians have written. This channel discusses the history behind an era not the historiography, especially not alternative ones.
@@ianofliverpool7701 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 there are oral traditions that predate the prophet describing mecca and who are its inhabitants and where did they come from every clan and every family and every tribe is well knowen not even debated by anyone that documentary with the petra shit is stupidily stupid
@@ianofliverpool7701
Yes it's in old maps
You don't know anything
@@ianofliverpool7701We discuss actual professional history here, not half-baked refuted theories by charlatans like Dan Brubaker. No one takes him seriously, even amongst Western academia.
Amazing history, well done and well put
Fabulous ….i enjoyed this a lot and soaked it up like a sponge. more of ths relavant history will be amazing. ❤❤❤
I love this kind of documentary, because everytime people talk about "History of Arabs", it always start from the time of Prophet Muhammad, even though Arab have far more history long before Islam came.
The history itself is quite scarce from other than Islamic sources such as hadiths and the Quran, because the overwhelming majority of Arabs were illiterate, and there was no library in the region at all
To add to that, the people were more obsessed and proficient in passing down their lineage and poetry as opposed to recording their history.
@@themercifulguard3971 probably the historical records of pre-Islamic Arab had been wiped out by Islamic Arabs. Cmiiw...
@@teguhteguh8834 Nah it wasn't. They were genuinely illiterate. The Quran and hadiths were the only thing that was distributed and recorded so intensely since the need for writing only transpired ever since then.
What was wiped out however, are the pagan idols which were being exterminated throughout the peninsula
@@teguhteguh8834 there, corrected and you're wrong
@@egypt-rn4358 And now you're still weak
You cannot speak of Arabs in those times without mentioning poetry and it’s importance to recording Arab history
They talk about arabs and they never use arabian sources, this channel pick what they wants to present it, especially when it comes to Muslims and arabs, there are more arab Historian more than all European historians yet they consider them unreliable! yet they use all Greek propaganda history as real history.
Poetry 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Do they have brains to read something 🤣
@@jithinjoshy7079 obviously you do not. The three virtues of the Arab warrior were bravery, generosity and poetry. these values remain important today, especially in the Bedouin communities. The greatest warriors were also poets, We even had female warriors (before and after Islam) and female poets. Poetry is still important for us today, knowing its value to our history. In every tribe, there were one or two scribes that could read and write. Everyone else memorized. In those days they spoke in poetry. Major and minor events were described in a poem. A battle, a love story (yes there were plenty of those) an argument etc. and once a poem was recited everyone memorized it and they would rush to the scribe to write it down. The poems were taught to children generation after generation and inscribed on scrolls and later on books and sometimes stone. This is how we know of our battles, history, love stories, relationships between historical figures, traditions and so on. We know the entire story of Antarah Ibn Chaddad, one of my favorite poets, because he would even recite poems in the battlefield, thinking of his love while fighting, that he missed her so much and longed for her that for a moment he forgot himself and wished to kiss the sword of his enemy (which was covered in his blood) thinking it was his wife, for it shone so brightly under the sun that it reminded him of her teeth and how beautiful her smile was when she laughed. We know how he died, because of the last poem he recited knowing he would die. We know his enemies respected him and declared him victorious and noble even in death, and they buried him as they would their own heroes, through their poetry. Even in the royal courts later on, a ruler could not have a complete court without poets to record their moments of glory. Even in the marketplace, there were poetry battles, the same way rap battles are done. The poetry of those times, the complexity of the Arabic language, influenced our future poetry, our music, our literature, our cultures and the culture of poetry and style of it spread to all arab speaking countries. When Islam came, it spread even more. There are 7 of the most important pre Islamic poems that were hung in Mecca, called the Mu’allaqat, the hanging poems. Your ignorance, arrogance is typical and speaks volumes of your lack of culture. We study your history as well as ours. You only study yours and think nothing else existed.
@@tashach2033 make a video yourself… anyone can do one… 😀
@@jithinjoshy7079 you surely just an awful kid
The arabs before islam had the sense of poetry they were competing in trade markets in poets and literacy
Yes some were illiterate but not all of them they were people who were yet genius
Unlike you mr i think brains were developed in modern age
Animation skills on another level! Beautiful! 👌
Your channel is the best channel on CZcams.
Thank you very much 🌹🌹🌹
You forgot about poetry.. that was how the arabs preserved they oral traditions and influenced each other even after Islam..
Poets were unique and held such esteem that they even competed and "dueled" each other with diss poems.
Sadly, they accused the prophet [Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him] of poetry and the Quran being poems. However, Allah the Most High completely destroyed this claim in the chapter called Al-Shu’ara (meaning the poets).
Poets were their intellectuals, entertainers and their source of cultural identity. Much like our celebrities today.
Why did people aim to be poets (celebrities)? Money, fame and power. When they’re not earning these things, what do they do? Give up.
However, Allah constantly mentioned in that Surah (chapter) how the prophets that came before prophet Muhammad never asked for money, had virtually no followers, and were persecuted.
So the exact opposite of why people became poets happened to them, so did they give up? Nope. They kept at it until Allah ordered for their nation to be destroyed.
Also, poets always want to keep things fresh. They don’t want to recycle yesterday’s garbage especially if it was unpopular, but the prophets kept at with the call to Monotheism no matter how much hatred it got. Every prophet came with the exact same message of tawheed.
True, poetry wasn't exclusive to certain class of intellectual like in other cultures , it was something even an average person can do
@@acethegreat2946 Poetry was the media platform for the tribes, so if some people use it badly, it does not mean that everything is bad, and the Prophet had a poet (Hassan bin Thabit) and he responded to the poets who accused him of poetry.
@@user-bt2tq7tq3b I didn’t mean for my comment to be an over generalization for why people became poets back then but money, fame and power were a driving force behind much of it like it is today with celebrities.
@@sabrina1380m I don’t know about “average” because average person equals average poetry, but if they make fantastic poetry then they’re not average, now are they? But yes, nothing stopping Bob from making poetry.
Not to brag or anything, but my poetry isn’t “average”.
Interesting video. However you missed the importance of few points:
- Poetry and it’s importance in pre Islamic era.
- the influence of Lukmids as a whole, their relationship to the Persian empire.
- Christianity was more present in old Arabia than people know.
- Mecca had a Roman envoy that aims to protect Roman trade and influence Arab tribes.
Overall a very good video.
What a fascinating sub-continent. Every time I understand I learn that there is a thousand more gains of sand with an near equally interesting story.
„missed“ xd
@@comradekenobi6908 Cities on earth older than earth? 4.5 billion years old? Sure Comrade... sure.
@@TheRobdarling if you take the time and expand the text you will see an acronim (jk) that stands for the word joke.
*byzantine
thank you for showing a before story :) love the knowledge ♥︎
Very interesting information. Thanks for the video. My dad was born in Yemen and came to the US in 1970.
تحيه لك يا ابن اصل العرب
You will never understand the impact of Islam until you see what was before it .
Pretty much goes for everything in this world.
@@xiuhcoatl4830 I guess burying females alive is better than islam for you? lmao
@@alchemist7525 hmmm I dont know man burying ur daughters or grown men marrying pre pubescent girls and beating them how u like, it's a hard choice lmao
@@kacgb5315 lmao I guess you yourself is worse since you don't know what you are talking about, In Islam you can't marry any women that didn't go through puberty first, say thanks for being educated by a muslim as always
@@prs_81 in Islam there's no age for marriage as long as you're physically and mentally ready you can get married. period no less no more
There is an old Arab Bedouin saying: I, against my brothers. I and my brothers against my cousins. I my brothers and my cousins against the world
I my brothers and my cousins and the world against the aliens.
That's how destructive mind thinks.
Ishmael
@@alderinerush it gotta be a hindu hating somewhere lmao
Constant fighting… Sounds like a hell hole of a desert… Too bad Islam garnered so much traction
Thank you, I was curious about this
Awesome video! Thanks for approaching this not so familiar period in history
Another candle to light the shadowy gaps in my historical knowledge!
it's full of lies
@@Ahmadbeik99 we weren't there bruh. Why not fill us all in on the mistakes! :)
@@Ahmadbeik99 don't give into your own fear, look the past straight in the eye.
@Patrick McKenna it's good to think about. Not uncommon to hear conflicting things on various topics in particular places but there's alot here to consider. place to place aside.
@Patrick McKenna Very true CZcams is never a source it's entertainment and an approximation
First of all, kudos to you guys for choosing this specific and somewhat controversial topic.
In my opinion, there are some problems with the video. For example, the impact of Christianity on Pre-Islamic Arabia is considerably more than we expected, as well-known scholars like Ahamd Al-Jalad showed in their research on pre-Islamic languages and religions. Second, you have underestimated the impact Lakhmid and Ghassanid had over the fate of Islam, Sassanids and Byzantines. First, many battles between Sassanians and Romans were fought due to the raids done by one of these vassal states. Moreover, They become very important in the early period of Islam as many either fought for and against Islam. For example, in case of Lakhmids, due to the annexation of their land by Khosrow II, persecution and high taxes at the end of the last Sassanid-Roman war, many joined Muslim army willingly and provided the necessary information for the conquest of Sassanid Iraq and later the whole Sassanian Iran. At the end, the rivalry between these two kingdom passes on to their successors as the war between Umayyad and Abbasids to some extent was the war between Arab tribes in Mesopotamia and Levant, just like Lakhmids and Ghassanids.
I love how this channel can still heart comments giving constructive criticism.
@@Mendrawza24 Yup! Not many channels do that
Well he knows far more history than you
@@ihatemotionblur_3255 or maybe because he's a premium subscriber
@Aliyan ✪ Many people we don’t know have changed the world in ways we can’t imagine. The longer ago someone lived, the more impact their actions have on the present
It would be interesting if you could do an episode about the Hutaym and Solluba people, these were/are non-Arab groups living in remote regions of Arabia that apparently never truly converted to Islam and are thought by some to be the descendents of the original hunter-gatherer peoples of the Near East, surviving in very small numbers today. They are mentioned by the Akkadians, in the medival Islamic conquests, and by travellers/government reports recently as the 1940s, which would make them arguably one of the oldest (hopefully) surviving groups in human history!
I'd like to hear more about those people. But, May be a pretty difficult undertaking to gather the info!
They say there is a people's who are said to be a remnant Indigenous hunter-gatherer Australoid group that once inhabited much of the Southern Arabia they are called Modern South Arabians they include Mehri Sherri Socotri Hobyot and others but they are a bit mixed with Semites and their languages are Considered to be Semitic and some even consider themselves Arabs nowadays because of inter mixing with people like the Arabs around them but they do have distinct facial features that Semitic people's don't have and usually they have darker skin on average than other groups around them but they might be the same people cause of natural selection making skin naturally darker but they even say Sabians and Himyarites and others in were Australoid and similar to Modern South Arabian but that is a theory and speculation.
You do that.
Islam is an ideal religion with respect to absolute prohibition of idol worship but an evil religion because of it's ideology for political dominance which is it's fundamental rule
@@crypton_8l87 haha well i’ve been thinking about someday traveling to Arabia to see if I can find any remaining people who identify as Solluba. Would be a crazy interesting ethnographic report (for which the people interviewed would get authorship/credit of course)
I just discovered this channel. its so good!
A very interesting topic! It’s incredible that they went from warring tribes to changing the course of history itself.
yeah Airlines are at its most sensitive ever, Extremist Islams are fanatics...theyre crazy shit
@@ramonestamour and Brainwashed
Still warring tribes, they still regularly fighting with their neighbors and fellow muslims
@Aliyan ✪ dont be mad, snowflake...T_T
It’s a shame they used the Quran as a source. This video screams propaganda.
I am such a junkie, I love getting these videos early.
Me too
@@ianofliverpool7701 Those are not scholars but bunch of haters, who came up with nothing but a poor propanda video intended to confuse people from Islam by trying to cast doubt on the authençity Islamic holy sites
thanks for the video, I've always been interested in medieval life
This channel is fantastic.
10:32 I can believe this as judging from the sources the pre-Islamic Arabs were almost as cosmopolitan in their approach to religion as the Romans were for probably the same reason: wealth and power. The more gods stored in the Kaaba, the greater the number of pilgrims and the more prosperous the trade. The Quraysh were, above all, incredibly shrewd businessmen.
It's very difficult to impose a religion without state dominance in the old world
@@emzee1148 Go spread your lies and butthurt elsewhere your comment won’t change the minds or affect 2 billion people
@@emzee1148 gonna cry?
@@mugikuyu9403 loool u call him a liar? First of all wash ur mouth, second of all no one actually has an accurate estimate of his wife's age but you'll focus on one thing which u MIGHT be able to argue when there is actually hundreds abt scholars who were able to destroy ur way of thinkin, the last thing is u call him a liar yet u the quran which was sent to him still cant be refuted and anyone who tried got shut down, ur gonna tell me ur of those ppl who say "i actually read the quran and i can refute it" when reputable scientists and professors are still converting today after reading it, a man who reveled explainations on how the embriyo is formed and how the earth was spherical and mentioned signs that took place decades and centuries after his death, and someone who probably doesnt even impact his own home like urself call him a liar so casually? Lol
@@mugikuyu9403 His unity of Arabs broke down immediately after his death, with the emergence of Shia and Sunni sects. Not to mention the many other schisms that emerged after that: sufis, ahamadiyyahs, yadda yadda. There are cold-war type proxy wars being perpetrated currently by Iran and Saudi for Shia and Sunni proxy forces around the Arab world currently, the most prominent example being the war in Yemen.
I never knew how prevalent Christianity and Judaism was in Arabia
it had been around for hundreds of years, christianity...it was almost 700 years old when islam was invented. and it was basically invented in that geographical area. thats why Islam constantly references judaism/christianity because it Islam was a mysterious infant in a world where the other 2 religions were basically famous..the Quaran constantly glorifies those 2 religions as well, but insists that it succeeds where they failed. The Quaran is essentially the answer to the "false" christian/judaism, and wanted their adherents to join Islam. eastern roman empire had 700 years to christian-ize that part of the world and it was the state religion.
search about Quss Bin Saida, bishop of Najran in south Arabia, he was praised by the prophet Mohammed PBUH as true follower of Jesus PBUH
@@sabot4ge Islam wasn't invented though, it's the final message to humanity
@@kko5779 That's just an unsupported claim. Believe it if you want, there's just no way to prove it.
@@kko5779 That’s what you believe… I believe some people had some kind of nervous breakdown
nice video !
however, it would be good to have sources of info, for reliability and for further research for those who are curious. Would be nice to include them.
good luck !
Excellent information. So interesting
As a Bedouin tribe member from Saudi i find this video very good to explain the situation pre islam in our history. Although it missed the importance role of poetry in our grandfathers life that time.
@Ab Tu well i see it as an identity and i am proud of it . i will not give it up or disannounce it. but i do not disagree with what you have written as it has some accuracy
@Ab Tu Arabs in the Arabian gulf often use the word 'Bedouin' to differentiate themselves from the Arabized people from the Islamic conquest
@Ab Tu I'm not saying its not racist. But this is why people still use it
Read Sher-ul-okul
@@seventy3percent
لا تألف من راسك، الجزيرة العربية أو كما تسميها بالخليج فيها حاضرة وبادية كذلك خارجها
Thanks man, I’m recovering from surgery and got so bored ,, really appreciate the upload
Salamtak (Get well).
wish you a fast recovery
سلامات يا بندر وما تشوف شر.
Hope youre having a speedy recovery man
May Allah heal you soon ❤️
It was great, thanks for your effort, blessed be you 👍🌷
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 beautiful, just beautifully done, bravo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The Arabs: Were fractured and considered weak by their neighbours until they all united together and outmatched their former bullies
The Mongols: Write that down! Write that down!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nobody bullied mongols tho they were always bullies
Germanic tribes: first time?
@@ianofliverpool7701 Mekka not being shown on faulty greek maps does not mean anything. They had tents for the most part of their history. Plus old arabian poetry mentions mekka.
@@danraf1562 Mekkans never lived in tents 💀 and if you think that majority of Arabs at that time were nomads you’re completely wrong
Bedouin Arabs had the most extreme living conditions on the planet. Extreme heat is worse than extreme cold, especially before air-conditioning. There was no remedy. Lack of fresh water. Skin tearing sand storms. Lack of basic natural resources like lumber and stone. Treacherous and difficult terrain. And many many more. The Arabs started the game on nightmare mode. Big respect for them making it this far.
It's the power of Islam :)
I love the nightmare mode metaphor.
@@bella_m23 read the title of the vid again
@@bella_m23 i must insist, reda the title of the vid again :)
@@bella_m23 Its power of 5 f*king Gold Mines in Arabian Peninsula.
And now they have oil.
Lucky bastards!
I was about to recomend your video to my class, however because of the add in the middle, I couldn't .
Very informative and useful video. The information from this video has filled blanks in our knowledge about what was going on in that area before and at the time of Islam. Thanks
Fantastic! I love how you tie what is going on in Arabia during the pre-Islamic period with what is going on in the the rest of the region. It puts the world in a unique perspective where societies are developing simultaneously from one another.
It's sad that isis destroyed a lot of artifacts from those times.
@@Duma2011they don’t even acknowledge them what you talking about 💀
This is awesome! I've always been interested in pre-Islamic Arabia, so I'm really excited to see this now
@@ianofliverpool7701 Deluded
@@ianofliverpool7701 as far as I know, this claim is already debunked. Then again what to expect from a David Wood fan.
@@ianofliverpool7701
This claim has been debunked many times! 🤷🏻♂️
@@ianofliverpool7701 Whatever makes you sleep at night, oh the ignorant one.
This is the best explanation of the religious landscape of Arabia before Arabisation that I ever found. The bgm carries the narration seamlessly. What's the name of the bgm used?
I found this channel yesterday and already watched 3 documentaries on islam, thank you for spreading this knowledge.
Here's some pre islamic poetry I was recently reading:
حارِبيني يا نائِباتِ اللَيالي
عَن يَميني وَتارَةً عَن شِمالي
وَاِجهَدي في عَداوَتي وَعِنادي
أَنتِ وَاللَهِ لَم تُلِمّي بِبالي
"Wage war on me, O' calamities of the night.
Come to me from my right, and sometimes, from my left
And strive in being hostile towards me, and opposing me.
By Allah, you have never occupied my mind!
Verily, I have a resolve firmer than a rock, and stronger than the immovable mountains"
- Poem by Antara ibn Shaddad
Where can I find this poem? Do you have a resource where I can find pre-Islamic poetry?
Damn that was good
I was allways thinking what happened to early Arab literature? They say they where very poetic and advanced people
@@farzinfrank2553 still existing and kicking , even the most advanced kabalistic laboratories can't stop them. 😉
@@farzinfrank2553 It was surpassed by the Quran. That's how they were convinced by it
A good video! You should add also The Nabataean Kingdom, which was a political state of the Arab Nabataeans - and one of the most important sites built by them was Petra. The importance of poetry should be mentioned also, and there are pretty well-known Arab and Persian historians you can also include as a source.
@@dynamitebsb4520 Indians😂😂😂 WTF Indians had no influence in Arabia it was the opposite
@@dynamitebsb4520 Egyptian too its a mix :)
Nabateans were not Arabs.
@@dynamitebsb4520no it was not
@@kwadwo9681yes they were😂
Excellent program
Thank you I remember seeing other CZcamsrs play this game when I was like 7 or 8 and I just beat the game with my 4 year old brother. Thank youuuuuuu for these great tutorials.
The effort that goes into these videos! Great visuals, great detail , great naration.....thank you , you are much appreciated😀👍
What an amazing video, the quality is top notch! but its a shame you didn't mention the Nabateans who ruled North western Arabia, and established a large kingdom with amazing architecture in Petra and Al-Ula.
@@ianofliverpool7701 I am sorry. You're brainwashed . In the scientific society Dan Gibson is not more than a amateur.. BTW.. there are plenty of maps mention Macoraba even from the BC era. Number 2.. you are using a very common logical fallacy.. Mecca is not mentioned in ancient maps, therefore, mecca did not exist (false and illogical conclusion) ..;happy to discuss if you use logic .. otherwise, that's all :)
@@ianofliverpool7701 actually it is as macoraba by the greek , located in the same present location and being linguistic similar to the word mucaramma a still used word for makkah . and it was mentioned as a holy city for arabs and it description is the same for makkah . know what you talk about
Nabatea made some beautiful architecture.
I Wanna go to Petra one say.
I also expected a little more about Saba. Well, at least the story involving the queen of Saba (Sheba) could have been mentioned to illustrate the wealth of the country at that time.
@@szbszig I think this video focused only on the pre-Islamic era, probably one century or two before Islam
thank you for this
Honestly, from what i learned, you have done a good job for a 20-minute video, but thes should be at least 2 hours long. There are too many details missing. But Greate video over all.
Great video as always. I really would like to see videos about Georgian history. Especially about Queen Tamar. Georgia is such a beautiful country with great culture and history. More people need to know about it.
I know what you mean, I drove through there on my way to Florida.
@@seadog686 yeah I've also often wondered how long for instance they been hitting a ball arnd Augusta
Yes, you can hike from high mountains with snow caps to black see shore with palm trees. Music, songs, dance and food all amazing
Another great video, very informative. This channel never disappoints. Kings And Generals is definitely one of the best channels in youtube.
Excellent educative video🤙🤙🤙
Please make more videos about the history of Pre-islamic Arabia. Many contemporary Muslims need to see this, Maybe some will get inspired and make videos in their own language for their niche Muslim-majority audience. Thank You!
Pardon me, but why do you consider a Muslim majority audience niché?
There are about 1,7 *billion* Muslims in the world 😅
Or am I misunderstanding something?
You guys really think this is new knowledge to muslims ?
It is you who just came to know of these.
This comment of yours show how ignorant you are.
"And when the girl-child buried alive is asked; for what Sin was she killed?"
Quran 81:7-81:8
صدق الله العلي العظيم
well said brother
allah bless
"And when the widow of a non-muslim fighter was taken as a sex slave is asked: for what Sin would she be humiliated for the rest of her life?"
Me asking Quran 22-Sep-2021
@Aliyan ✪ I have. Please don't tell me "cariye" institution indicated in the book is not clear enough to understand or it "actually" has a different meaning.
@@turalf.9039 For more understanding of the Quran meaning in a certain verses u need to listen to a authentic Scholar's who studied the Tafsiir cuz sometimes u need to know the Seerah and when did the verse were revealed and the situation ect
some facts u might not like and that's ur thing
just don't see that period and islam with "modern society" glasses
islam is islam
I always like playing as either the Himyars or Lakhmids when playing Attila Total War. Very unique way of playing. They're playthrough are both stuck between attacking the Roman's and their Allies or attacking the Sassanians and their vassals.
Tanuhkids are kinda cool also
Himyar is a beast of a roster
Wow, so TW Attila covers bigger map than Rome 2? From Saudi Arabia to England? Want to play TW Attila but dont know much history about that period rather than Rome 2. So i keep playing it till now
@@SEAsia_RTS bro rome 2 covers the same, the area covered is equal. Rome 2 only has 2 arabic factions, the Nabateans in Jordan/saudi and sabaeans in oman/yemen
You failed to mention how poetry was extremely important and popular, it recorded most of what we know today about that time. Plus you kind of paint us in a negative light a bit, but saul goodman
Its hard to not have moral relativism.
We were savages before Islam so yes he wasn’t wrong
@@noneimportant5951 الرسول يقول انما بعثت لاتمم مكارم الاخلاق معناتها ان الناس كانت متحضره ولكن طايحه منه بعض العادات الجيده وعندهم بعض العادات السيئه ووصفها بالجاهليه ليس وصف حرفي بارك الله فيك
Lmfao he stated facts no painting here
@@spicekai4486 كلام اعجمي
Great video, just wish it had dates that followed these events
Kings and Generals dropping one dime after another. Oooofff. Keep this up! I always share your videos!
Please put references in the descriptions so we can do our researches as well!
Just by seeing the video and how interesting it is to look at not that known cultures (at least based on Western history), I suddenly got a thirst for an Aksum/medieval kingdom of Ethiopia video!
Yes, I agree. All I know about Ethiopian history is that their kings are said to be desedants of king Solomon, the Eithiopian- Italian war and it was where a few muslims fled to during the first hegira (migration). Seeing a video about them would be incredible.
Oh man, that would be so awesome! I've wanted to learn more about ancient Axum/Ethiopia for so long
Not related to the comment but
the Arabs were monotheistic ( Hanifs ) for about 2000 years and were on the religion of Prophet Ibrahim Peace be upon him from
His descendants from Ismael Peace be upon him aka ( Arabs )
Were Hanifs aka ( Monotheists ) with the passage of time estimates say ( 2000 ) years while paganism only lasted for about 350 years or less, however, people in Arabia started to deviate from this core belief and then during the time of a person named Amru Ibn Luhay Al-Khuza’aī of Makkah, things took a turn for the worse. Amru was the chief of the Khuza’a tribe and he also was the governor of Makkah, He used to visit Syria frequently for business and trade.
During his trips, he noticed people worshiping idols as a means to reach Allah. He didn’t see this as inappropriate and on his way back brought an idol named Hubal and placed it in the middle of Kaaba in Makkah. Accordingly, he started worshiping it and instructed his tribesmen to do the same. This eventually turned into a full fledged practice that spread all over Arabia and beyond (due to the influence of his tribe and them being in Makkah.)
Eventually, this led to more prominent idols spread all over Arabia with one named Al-Laat in the area of the present city of Taif, Al-Uzza in the valley of Nakhlah, and so on. And it is also said that Amru Ibn Luhay Al-Khuza’aī has dug up old idols ( Wadd, Suwa‘, Yaguth, Ya‘uk and Nasra ) from the times of Prophet Noah peace be upon him that are also mentioned in the Quran. Eventually, as time passed, idols made their way in most people’s homes and other places of worship and thus the practice was completely rooted in people’s daily lives when Prophet Muhammad Peace be upon him, was born.
Paganism spread all over Makkah and, thence, to Hijaz, people of Makkah being custodians of not only the Sacred House but the whole Haram as well. A lot of idols, bearing different names, were introduced into the area.
Later on they were destroyed and Tawhid was established.
Hoped this helped guys 👍.
Fun fact, Aksum kingdom played huge role in saving and protecting Islam and Mohammad and his followers when they were most vulnerable, even the first mosque outside of Mecca is still there. The Ethiopian king "Negashi" is one of the most revered personalities of early Islam.
Dude i am an Ethiopian who can help you at least pronounce the things in ethiopian . I'm with you
Very Nice Explanation
I love being a nerd. We’re cool. You’re all cool.
Except for the fascists in our rows. And there are aplenty, judging by the comments.
Assalamualaykum Being a nerd is the best! How can one not love learning!
nerds are making all the money
@@libertas5005 comments aboutwhat
@@libertas5005 proud fascist right here!!!
I am a Nepali but i am highly fascinated by stories and animations like- Alladin, Arabian nights. The drawings on our textbooks, tv cartoon shows, paintings of desert and camels.... so on . I wish I could jump inside those scenic stories....
Bro our hindu culture is more mysterious and fascinating than arab 🙏🚩
@@marathitraveller2832 I m not comparing here bro, coz Santana has it's own legacy.
It's about how I feel, my imaginations the fool moon n blue skies above the sand dunes, deserts ,camels.
Just appreciate the creations of God.
God is one no matter what.
We human r fighting war against each other.
I believe in co existence.
We must respect the facts.
@@awesomemanu2601 you believe in co existence but they not. They destroying variety of culture in every country and promoting desert culture all over world.
@@marathitraveller2832 how ? Tell me. I m a noob
@@awesomemanu2601
Ask the Bangladeshis
The historical channel market for Indonesian society is quite broad, and I hope the management of the Kings and General channel can provide Indonesian subtitles. With the presence of Indonesian subtitles, I believe the followers and subscribers of the Kings and General channel will continue to increase. Always wishing success for the Kings and General channel.
Great video pal
Great episode! It had to take an extraordinary effort to map all the tribes during the period.
Great video as always, the visuals, the display and highly descriptive. Amazing!
Another of superb works history eloquently told on Kings & Generals classical episode islam pre-history from Great channel.
Very informative
Kings and Generals thank you so much for this beautiful video.
Please don't forget to post more videos about
-Aristotle teaching Alexander the Great
-Tengrism
-Ottoman Empire astronomy,man of the pen (social and state hierarchy)
-Ancient Greece wisdom and teachings
Agree👍
Alexander wars too
@Superior than everyone nomadic religion of asia
@Superior than everyone Mongolia religion
@Superior than everyone actually mix of all that
I am a Muslim Arab, you really did a great job here, much respect!!
my condolences
Did you catch the part where Arab pagans used to travel to Mecca and perform all those pagan rituals that Muslims perform today?
@@iamfunnyipromise9605 It was rituals inherited from Abraham, like doing the pilgrimage to Macca. Arabs used to be monotheists and they became Pagans over time.
@@abdo199199 That is a purely made up story, with no ground in reality. Abraham had absolutely nothing to do with Mecca, nor the rituals.
@@iamfunnyipromise9605 Made up according to whom? And I didn't even present evidence to support my claim and you just opposed what I said, if you were sincere you would have asked what evidence I have first. You just got caught up hating 😂
It's fascinating to learn how geography, religion, politic, and culture interact & influence each other.
Edit: To all the people waging stupid war in comment section. So far the most exploit resistance religion is Jainism -that is until somebody with extreme creativity to turn this otherwise. Stop using religion as a convenient scapegoat because China & Russia used modernity (without religion attached) as convenient excuse to justify atrocities.
"Human has a talent to mess up anything beautiful..." If my memory reliable by Karen Armstrong.
@@thedstorm8922 Hey bro I have 3 answer true or false?
Uzbekistan = Timurid
Turkey = Ottoman
Azerbaijan = Safavid
They ancestry / grandparents are true or false ?
He’s probably saying that because usually anything Islam touched was later conquered
@@thedstorm8922 it was the catholics lmao
@@iamthechosenone10 tell me how islam spread to southeast asia please.. also how christianity spread to phillipines, central africa, latin america. Truly, its the christian whom uses gold, glory, gospel in their expansionism
@@hello-gx6oi ain't catholics the majority bulk of christian people nowadays?
Well written and narrated historical fact. It agrees with other history books which had been written in other laguages. Thank you.
Great work
Really nice video. I love history.
Wonderful work. I love how this channel is evolving into a full fledged history channel. It's not easy to make a neutral work on Pre-Islamic Arabia because neutral sources are scarce.
Hardships . They literally ruled the world after comming of islam.
@@Zul_Qarnain yeahh. It actually achieved by Islamic Persian and Seljuk (Turkish) in other Side the European was in the Dark Ages the Caliphate Sultanate Ended destroyed by Mongols 🔥🇲🇳
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@@hospitallercross1155 lol most bigger islam emiper was arab
This is not neutral, Khadijah owned things before Islam existed this is what Muslims say whilst saying that women could own nothing. That makes no sense
They also had one on one poem battles before actual battle. The Arabic language is very rhythmic. Eloquently insulting each other before unsheathing their swords.
do you have a source or example?
Excellent information. This is a topic that's too-seldom discussed because Islam became so dominant that it's become the assumed state of affairs for that region when in reality its history is much more diverse. I was surprised to learn the influence Jews, Christians and Christian Africans had and the power they wielded in the early history of the Arabian peninsula. Thanks!
I'm a Muslim, and we studied this in Islamic school, more in-depth than this video. We even have to study about "Rome" which refers to Europe
@@user-hp2bw9og9j very interesting, thanks for sharing!
Why do you hate Islam?
قال عمر بن الخطاب- رضي الله عنه ثاني الخلفاء بعد الرسول ﷺ وهو ثاني رجل في الصحابة بعد ابي بكر الصديق اول خليفة بعد النبي ﷺ -
نحن قومٌ اعزنا الله بالاسلام فهمها ابتغينا "طلبنا" العزة من غيره اذلنا الله
العرب قبل الاسلام كانت لديهم اخلاق حميدة مثل الكرم والشجاعة لكن لا يوجد تاربخ يقارن بتاريخ الاسلام الان الدول العربية اغلبها ليست عربية وانما ناطقة للغة العربية
@@khaledalghamdi1245 I don't understand Arabic, sorry.
Awesome digest of Arabic history
As a member of the old Wa'ilite tribe of Arabia, this video is probably the best English Language explanation of what life was before Islam.
asalamu alikum from a member of qurash tribe
Why do the Arabs own slaves ?
Arebia is well known for trading slaves
@@waterfull2907 why you say it as if Arabs is the only people who trade slaves
today you arab do same....
@@senadneslan1563 proof ?
Highly appreciate you work kings and generals. Welldone!
Arab term was used in the Southern Arabian language to describe the Beduins in the north. Until now people in Arab countries call the Bedouins "Arab". In the south, currently Yemen, there was a civilization and state with written laws and rich culture. It is worth mentioning that people in the south were working in agriculture and because there are no rivers in Yemen, they built dams and turned them into green land.
Thank you
Bedouins in the north..? Syria??
@@blacksyrianiskenderunboi9388Syria is way too far from South Arabia, they meant Arabs from Saudi Arabia.
Wrong ... U mixing 2 words a'araab(Bedouins) ... And Arab Wich all refered to themselves as
@@zenosama8599 The term Arab in Sabaean and Hemeriate manuscripts was used to refer to Bedouins.
under the rule of persia
As a Tayy descendant, I approve of this! Well made and sourced video!
Please make a more detailed video, with more regional deities, their customs in the middle east with a bigger maps comparing to present day countries... Loved this video.
Yes please!
Did you ask yourself why there was a jewish tribe in madinah at that time? Their learned ones moved there to await the new prophet because that's the place described in the prophecy. When the prophet came most of them rejected him because he wasn't from among them
@@mdnadhir9137 there are a few that actually convert from judaism to Islam on the Prophet Muhammad's Lifetime such as Abdullah ibn Salam Radhiallahu Anhu (and instantly neglected by the jewish community despite the fact that he was a Rabbi) and Shafiyyah the wife of Prophet Muhammad (which is actually has a direct/indirect bloodline with Prophet Harun and Prophet Musa Alaihi Salam)
@@teukufadel8293safiya was a prisoner raped by mo
This was a very fun video to watch, props to you guys. Could you do one on the post-mongol central asian hordes? That would be fun to watch
@@Ryanpen42 And post hunnic if there even are sources!
They have many videos on the Mongols, but not enough on the Huns, I agree.
There's one about *Scythians*
Fantastic ❤
A very well researched video in a scholarly manner without people laughing in the background. I am refering to Tom Holand lecture & video, where he said there were no jews or Christians in Arabia, prior to Islam !
There were Jews and Christians, but they were Arabs
Pre-Islam, Arabia was such a harsh land. You can’t survive unless you attack others. It is amazing how Islam united it and over power all tribes. Great video.
No bro unless you have a tribe and you belong to adnan or qahtan
Not rlly united it was submit or die. As as soon the prophet passed, the schism happened and broke down even further. Look at MENA now. Sad state of brothers fighting brothers, manipulated by the west and their own ideals.
@@ceroew4239 lol you guys were fighting way longer before the west even came to notice Arabia. Stop blaming the west for everything lmao.
@@mohandave5825 how? The Ummayad,Abbasids,Fatimids,Mamluk,and Ottoman Caliphates and Sultanats kept middle east United. It mid only after fall of ottomans and western imperialism that all this dividion began!
@@mohandave5825 derp
This is fascinating. I thought I knew much about this topic, I couldn't have been more wrong. Great video.
Good video. Please remove or reword the imbedded ad so I can use it in my world history class.
Thanks for putting in the effort, but constant jumping from BC to AD confused me to a point that I lost focus.
It would be great if you could showcase this in a linear manner.
Me: next week is my exam, I need to study.
K&G: releases a new video.
Me: Screw studying, new video here I come
Yes me too
Mecca is not shown on any of the maps of the 7th century or before so even this video is wrong, scholars have questioned the history of Mecca for years now, Watch the video "The Sacred City"
I don't even check my CZcams subs until all my deadlines are met, because otherwise I'd have angry editors emailing me all day.
Chill man, it's next week. There's always time.
Why not study for your exam on pre-islamic arabia?
13:00 "Hanifi" is different from "Hanifa". Banu Hanifa are a tribe. Hanifi is not a religion, it means someone who doesn't worship idols e.g. Prophet Abraham, all Muslims and a few individuals before Islam like Waraqa ibn Nawfal.
It's Hafini, get it right ! 🤪
@@berhoom6204 Bro, it's actually 'hanifi', the narrator made a mistake there. Good intention on your part.
@@goodstrawberry5329 the dude is joking
Look at the emoji 🤪
@@abdelkarim8381 Due to some bug, my app doesn't show any emojis. My bad.
@@kafon6368 Muslims don't worship Muhammad. Muhammad also wasn't much of a warlord, either. His influence was primarily through the means of religion, as opposed to war.
very interesting. I know very little about this period of history in Arabia.
Because Islam tried to erase it
@@Edward-bm7vw
Well done actually. The history were Arabs buried their daughter alive and inherited their mother in law as wives is disgusting and Islam closed that door forever.
That’s why Arabs call it the time of ignorance.
@@acultofpersonality7162 The Arabs call it the time of ignorance because they hated paganism. And they tried to erase the fact that they stole pagan rituals from them and claimed it as their own. They don't really give a damn about what they did with girls and children. Because they're mistreating women and children just the same. Look at Muhammad marrying a little girl and having his way with her. Look at all the child marriages going on in that area of the world. This is Islam's influence. A truly evil religion.
@@Edward-bm7vw
Yeah you’re just as ignorant as them.
Mohammed last word was “Fear God in dealing with women”, you can just google women rights in Islam and see how differences women status pre and after Islam.
Regarding Mohammed marrying 10 years old girl I challenge you to give me one single man accused Mohammed in marrying 10 years old girl prior the 19th century. You know why you can’t find any? because it was very normal at this age being married. Do you know how old Marry when she gave birth to Christ?? she was 12 and nobody talked about that.
I mean that 10 years old girl later she said my happiest days when I Mohammed was alive.
I know this has 2% to change your mind but I see hatred inside you. so this for anyone who sees this comment.
@@Edward-bm7vw no lol? One can not see the importance of islam without comparing it to the period before. We muslims always study pre-islamic arabia before islamic history itself. For most muslims this video doesn't teach us anything new. It's just yall who are ignorant in both pre and post islamic history. Seethe.
Love this
Thank you so much,sir.This was such an amazing content that it made my day.Once again thank you so much.
I thought there would be more about Yemen and south Arabia in general since there is thousands of inscriptions, stories(Sheba and Suliman), archeticture, and many wars between its kingdoms and Aksum.
He should do a video about Yemen for sure
Yemen history is hard archives
Yemen is full of mystery
Very informative but lack of innovative.
Didnt they revolt against Aksum?
There aren't much inscriptions about it but it was an important kingdom, the same goes for what is now Oman and Bahrain but I think he was concerned about peninsula Bedouin Arabs
The Yemeni kingdoms need a video of their own