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The Arabian Setting . Vocabulary – The Arabian Setting. 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.
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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