The Arabian Setting

Vocabulary – The Arabian Setting

Arabian Peninsula - Oasis - Nomads/Nomadic life -

Bedouins - Sedentary life Tribal culture -

Arabian Peninsula

Arabian Peninsula

• Borders the Mediterranean Sea & Arabian Sea. • Very Harsh environment.

Oasis

Oasis

• Is a fertile place in the desert that supplies water.

Nomads/ Nomadic Life

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

• ColorArabian Peninsula – OrangeBodies of water – BlueAsia & Africa (all other landmasses) Brown