Arab Bedouin tribes

Arab Bedouin tribes appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Arabia (Middle East) from c. 900 BCE to the present, a span of 2,924 years. Its people spoke Arabic languages (Arabic-speaking states).

Camel-herding Arab tribes, first named in an Assyrian record of Gindibu's camels at Qarqar in 853 BCE. They ran the desert caravan routes and stayed a political force in Arabia into modern times.

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Facts

Dates

c. 900 BCE to the present

Duration

2,924 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Arabia, Middle East

Language family

Arabic

Came from

• Arabian pastoral nomads c. 3200 to 900 BCE

Events in Middle East during its time

• 853 BCE Battle of Qarqar
• 722 BCE Assyria conquers Samaria
• 612 BCE Fall of Nineveh
• 587 BCE Destruction of Jerusalem
• 539 BCE Cyrus takes Babylon
• 331 BCE Battle of Gaugamela
• 53 BCE Battle of Carrhae
• 30 Crucifixion of Jesus

Neighbours in Middle East

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE
• Abbasid Caliphate 750 to 1258 CE
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE
• Sasanian Empire 224 to 651 CE
• Neo-Assyrian Empire 911 to 609 BCE
• Safavid Empire 1501 to 1736 CE
• Achaemenid Empire 550 to 330 BCE
• Great Seljuk Empire 1037 to 1194 CE
• Umayyad Caliphate 661 to 750 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Srivijaya c. 650 to 1377 CE, Southeast Asia
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa

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