Todays Muslims are branded as terrorists or fudamentalist. But their religion is a gentle
             religion. On the Arabian Penninsula, home of the Arabs, was isolated and they were able to
             develop their civilization without outside influences. It is about 1 million miles square, that is
             located between the Red sea and the Persian Gulf. There are two distinctive regions. The first
             has well-watered valleys between mountains and the second is arid plains and desert. Grass
             grows quickly during the showes of the rainy season. In ancient times the Arabs were bedouin
             (nomads that hersed sheep, goats, and camels. and lived in tents made made of felt from camel
             or goat hair.) They ate fresh or dried dates and drank milk from their herds. On special
             occasions they ate mutlon. their tribes were made of related families. They valued family ties
             becuase because they ensured they ensured protection and survival. They had a chief (sheikh).
             The sheikh ruled as long as the tribe allowed him. They had a counsil of elders. There was
             warfare over waterholes and pastures. Their way of punishment is an eye for sn eye and a tooth
             for a tooth. To improve warrior skills they had camel and horse. They had story telling in frount
             of the campfire. They had poetry about battles, desert, camels, horses, and love.
             In 500 A.D. they started a town called Makkah, which was fifty miles inland of the Red
             sea. Trade was mostly of animal producys for weopeans dates grains, spices, jewels ivory, silk,
             and perfumes. They had caravans travel there from as for china.
             Arabs had and worshipped many ditied business ties were replaceing family ties, and old
             tribal laws were not adequat Byzantine and the Persin armies were threatining to conquer them.
             The tribes had the some language but they had no central goverment, or sense of unity, The
             The prohet of Islam was muhammad. He was born in Makkah in 570 A. D. . He was ...