Scientific studies of Pre-Islamic Arabs starts with the Arabists of the early 19th century when they managed to decipher epigraphic Old South Arabian (10th century BCE), Ancient North Arabian (6th century BCE) and other … See more

The sedentary people of pre-Islamic Eastern Arabia were mainly Aramaic, Arabic and to some degree Persian speakers See more

Kingdom of Lihyan/Dedan (7th century BCE - 24 BC)
Lihyan, also called Dadān or Dedan, was a powerful and highly organized ancient Arab kingdom that played a vital cultural and economic role in the north-western region of the See more

• Ubaid period (5300 BCE) – could have originated in Eastern Arabia.
• Umm Al Nar culture (2600–2000 BCE) See more

The history of Pre-Islamic Arabia before the rise of Islam in the 610s is not known in great detail. Archaeological exploration in the See more

Kingdom of Ma'īn (10th century BCE – 150 BCE)
During Minaean rule, the capital was at Karna (now known as See more

Kingdom of Qedar (8th century BCE – ?)
The most organized of the Northern Arabian tribes, at the height of their rule in the 6th century BCE, the Kingdom of Qedar spanned a … See more