The Arabian Peninsula 2

 

Cradle of the Islamic call

Arab countries were the cradle of the Islamic call, and the beginning of the guiding Islam, The light of Islam appeared in it and then spread outside the Arab countries,

Geographical conditions of the Arabian Peninsula

The Arabs called their land an island despite the fact that water surrounds it on three sides, Contemporary authors have corrected this appellation, and it is now known as the Arabian Peninsula

Geographical location

- The Arabian Peninsula is located in the southwestern part of the Asian continent,

- It is bordered on the north by the Land of sham Syria.

- On the south by the Arabian Sea.

- From the west is the Red Sea, and from the east is the Arabian Gulf.

    The Arabian Peninsula, most of its land is extremely dry desert, and many hills, heights and sand dunes, And dry valleys

    The western part of the Arabian Peninsula consists of high mountains and elevations, Slope steeply towards the coast of the Red Sea, On the eastern side, a slope gradually descended towards the Arabian Gulf, In these mountains with little rain some valleys are inhabited by nomads, These nomads live in tents

and consider it a home for them.

They depend on sheep for food such as meat and milk, and they consider camels as the ship of the desert

, Bedouins make use of sheepskins and wool to make their tents. This part is known as the Hejaz region.

There are two areas, one of them in the north and it is called Najd, which has a rocky land, in which the erosion factors formed thick soil, in which camels and purebred Arabian horses were raised. As for the other area called Al-Ahqaf, it is the Empty Quarter desert, which descends towards the east, where the plains of Al-Ahsa overlook the Arabian Gulf. Al-Ahqaf is called the Empty Quarter because it is empty of residents.