Pre Islamic Arabia
...res of Arabia and its climate prevented any foreign intrusion into it. Consequently, its habitants through the ages have retained their ethnic purity. Arabia was the cradle of the semitic population, which has retained it's characterisitics in their physical features, customs, language and habits. The forefathers of Arabia were known as bedouins, also knows as the first nomads in Arabia. The Bedouin population was formed by large groups of families, known as clans. They used to roam the desert in searh of more fertile lands for their animals. A bizarre national past-time was 'raiding'. Clans of families used to raid each other and take away of rather kidnap women and children. Raiding was in their bloodstream and were experts in this past time. Years later when Islam was introduced, Raiding was abolished. But this was difficult to accept and rules were twisted so that Raiding was possible b...