Quiz 1 Flashcards
Arabs come originally from three groups:
“Ancient Arabs“
“Pure Arabs“
“The “Arabized Arabs
Ancient Arabs / Vanished Arabs? Where were they located?
tribes that had vanished or
been destroyed, such as ‘Ad and Thamud,
often mentioned in the Qur’an as examples of
God’s power to destroy wicked peoples.
-considered themselves god bc they were so advanced and challenged god and god destroyed them”
They were in the north
east of Arabia
The Pure Arabs? Where were they lcoated?
believed to be In South Arabia (Yemen, Oman
& southern part of [current] Saudi Arabia
descending from Qahtan &
Adnan(tribe)
The Qahtanites (Qahtanis) are said to have
migrated from the land of Yemen following the
destruction of the Ma’rib Dam (sadd Ma’rib).(Very big flooding)
The “Arabized Arabs”? Where were they located?
Descending from Ismael son of
Abraham
- Hybrid of Pure Arabs
&Some none Arabs - They were in the
Northern part
Definition of who is “Arab” [person]?According to who?
An Arab is a person whose language is Arabic,
who lives in an Arabic-speaking country, and
who is in sympathy with the aspirations of the
Arabic-speaking peoples
Accoridng to the Arab League
Arab League? Why was it created?Where is its headquatars? Current secretary general? What do people think about it?
March 22, 1945
Sought to unite all Arabic-Speaking countries into one political entity (After World War II)
-Formed to represent the interests of the
Arabs
-Its permanent headquarter is located in
Cairo
-Ahmad Abul Ghayt
-just a debating platform that achieves
nothing
What does it mean to be an Arab country? How many official are there?
To be considered offical arab country you have to be an offical member of the arab lauge
-Apply and accepted
-Adapt arab as a offical language
-22/23 bc it was verbally agreeed that eritrea is a arab
The majority of arabs are __
Muslims
There are a sizeable number of christain in the arab world. Name the countries where there are alot of them
Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, palestine, Sudan
Formerly, there wrre significant minorties of __. They migrated to ____. Today small __ communites remain.
minioroties of Jews
Migrated to state of israel in palenstine
small jewish communites remain
Arabs are not the majority of Muslims. Percantage?
(less than 20%)
Largest Muslim population is
Indonesia
Sykes-Picot Agreement
May 19, 1968
Divided the Arab World into small countries and split them between France and Britain
- without the consensus of the local population.
- signed in total secrecy until Lenin of Russia released the full text
Balfour Declaration
November 2, 1917
-Another influential document written without the
consensus of the local population.
- a letter from Balfour to Lord Rothschild, president of the
British Zionist Federation
- In 1939, Great Britain reneged on the Declaration
- announcing its support for the establishment of a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine
Events:
That shaped the Modern Arab World
-WWII & the Fall of the Ottoman Empire
* Arab Great Revolution
* Creation of the State of Israel in Palestine
- 1948 war
- 1967 War
- The Oslo Accord 1993
WWII & the Fall of the Ottoman Empire? How did it shape modern arab world.
Britian and france pulled down the ottoman empire with saudi but gave saudi not as much land as they promised.
Then they made the boundaires
The Arab Revolt
The Arab Revolt or the Great Arab Revolt was an armed uprising by the Arabs against the Ottoman Empire amidst the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I.
