Arabia Before Islam: Religion, Society, Culture DOCUMENTARY

The Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the ancient civilizations continues with a video on Arabia before Islam as we talk about the religion, society, culture, and economic life of the Arabs before the rise of Islam and the creation of the Rashidun caliphate.



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[lordsiomai]

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

[astrono_mologist]

"When a father died, his wives were inherited by his son..."
Me: HOLD UP
"...Except for his mother"
Me: oh...okay good

[justme._.]

Our university prof showed us this video in class and the manscape sponsorship absolutely KILLED us 😭😭😭😭

[salehhomed]

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.

[salvorhardin]

I’ve always wondered about pre-Islamic Arabia. Kings and Generals yet again delivers astounding, well sourced, visually beautiful!

[midoelshafaey]

You will never understand the impact of Islam until you see what was before it .

[ErnestJay]

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.

[rakana]

Im an Arab and my ancestors are Bedouins i never seen more accurate information about us in an english viedo well done

[tashach]

You cannot speak of Arabs in those times without mentioning poetry and it’s importance to recording Arab history

[majerray]

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.

[goodinsan]

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.

[davidspencer]

Amazing history, well done and well put

[kylefisher]

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

[seanpoore]

Another candle to light the shadowy gaps in my historical knowledge!

[Vigilant]

"And when the girl-child buried alive is asked; for what Sin was she killed?"
Quran 81:7-81:8

[Ibsaa]

As Ethiopia this video is absolutely true .
I am proud of that we Ethiopia had a kingdom that extended to Yemen.❤

[dpr]

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!

[manawa]

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.

[ResoundGuy]

I never knew how prevalent Christianity and Judaism was in Arabia

[Gen.berseker]

You should do a video about the Nabataean civilization, the builders of Petra!