What contributed to the unification of the Arab tribes: causes and facts

Arabs are one of the greatest nations onEarth, despite the fact that their faith is conservative enough in its essence. Nevertheless, it was the Arab scientists who presented the world medicine, mathematics, an example of an effective government.

To date, the number of people practicingIslam is 1.5 billion, or 23% of the total population of the planet. It is impossible not to be surprised at the deep awareness of the ordinary Arab, remote from his home, his personality as part of a single and indestructible people. This relationship can be explained by different factors: religion, worldview, a special social environment. It is difficult to imagine that once this people was a handful of disparate tribes on the territory of the Arabian Peninsula. The social machine that emerged after their unification was comparable to the most prominent empires that are only known in the history of mankind. We will try to figure out what exactly entailed the unification of the constantly warring Arab tribes.

Geographical features of the region

Many historians have a question thatcontributed to the unification of the Arab tribes. The answer consists of several factors, each of which will be discussed below. We know from history that originally the largest concentration of Arabs was in the Arabian Peninsula. The climate in this area of ​​the planet is rather unfriendly: deserts, low humidity, lack of fertile land, etc. All these factors indicate that it is very difficult to survive in such conditions, especially alone. Understanding this for many years pushed the Arabs to unite. However, between the tribes there was a lot of disagreements: the difference between religions, traditions, rituals and much more. In fact, every Arab tribe considered itself special among all the others. Of course, the difficult geographic location was pushing to join forces, but ultimately religion contributed to the unification of the Arab tribes.

Mohammed and his teaching

Already in the interval between the V and VI centuries of our eraThe under-civilization of the northern and southern Arabs fell into complete decay. At the turn of two centuries, the great prophet Mohammed appears. This man put a lot of effort that contributed to the unification of the Arab tribes.

Prophet preached Islam - monisticreligion, supported by the Qur'an and faith in Allah. Religion is presented as a hybrid of Judaism, Christianity and the pagan beliefs of the Arabs. At first, all the dogmas preached by Muhammad were perceived extremely negatively, but already in the 6th century the prophet created his own community, the Ummah. Thus, belief in one god is what promoted the unification of the Arab tribes.

The origin of the Caliphate

It should be noted that the caliphate appeared far fromright away The stumbling block was the lack of Islamic forces. Only after the adoption of faith in the one god of Allah by the tribes of the ous and Khazraj, could the prophet Mohammed speak openly about his teachings. From that time, the development of the Caliphate as a united Arab state began. In this case, Muhammad is no longer acting as a prophet, but as a leader who preached his own, authoritative ideology.

The peak of the development of the Arab state

The death of the Prophet Mohammed in 632 causeda lot of negative for the newly created Arab caliphate events. By this time, the state already owned a decent territory, which stretched over the entire Arabian Peninsula.

In parallel with this, a war begins between the apostates, who renounced Islam immediately after the death of the prophet, and the commander Khalid ibn al-Walid.

После победы над всеми неверными начинается the struggle between the heirs of Mohammed and others who claim to power. In 661, the last of the family of the great prophet Ali Ibn Abu Talib was killed. Muapiya of the Umayyad family became the new ruler of the Arab Caliphate. At this stage, we can talk about the end of the formation of statehood on the territory of the Arabian Peninsula, which contributed to the unification of the Arab tribes.

So religion has become that necessary “explosion”thanks to which a truly great Arab people appeared. The person Mohammed to this day causes a lot of controversy and debate. Many scientists believe that Islam was literally invented by them to seize power in the territory of Arabia. However, all his actions were what contributed to the unification of the Arab tribes, so the goals have no meaning, only the result is important.