Where the Arabs live: country, territory, culture and interesting facts

Throughout the world you can count more than one hundred peoples. They all have different numbers, they all have their own special traditions, their mentality. Many live on their own separate territory, such as the peoples of Russia or Africa. And what is the name of the country where the Arabs live?

League of Arab States

This people has a long history, which dates back dozens of centuries. Their ancestors lived in the Middle East and North Africa. At the moment nothing has changed much. The Arabs still live on their territory. There is the League of Arab States, which includes not one country where Arabs live, but several that are located just on this territory. The largest of them are:

• Saudi Arabia.
• Egypt.
• Algeria.
• Libya.
• Sudan.
• Morocco.

This organization includes twenty-two states where Arabs live, the total population of which exceeds 425 million people! For comparison: the population of the European Union is about 810 million people. Not much of a gap, is it? Especially when you consider that in Europe there is a mixed population: different peoples and nationalities. And the Arabs are one people.

Ancient world

Arabs live not only in Africa and the Middle East. To be more precise, the first ancestors of this group of peoples (and the Arabs are precisely a group of peoples) settled in the Arabian Peninsula.

And the first Arab states began to appear in the second half of the second millennium BC. And even then it was believed that where the Arabs live, in which country - not so important, the state will be one of the most developed. Before them, Ancient Rome and a new Europe of dark times was still very far away.

Modernity

Now, in the twenty-first century, a huge number of representatives of this people are settled throughout the world. For example, in South America, about 15 million 100 thousand people live together. And more specifically:

• In Brazil - 9 million people;
• In Argentina - 4.5 million people;
• In Venezuela - 1.5 million people.

In the above-mentioned Europe, where Arabs live, more than six and a half million representatives of this nation. Most of them in France: almost six million. Even in Asia there is a huge number of ethnic Arabs who are settled throughout the region.

Islam and the Arabs

And, in general, this is not surprising. Indeed, at about the beginning of the seventh century AD, a man who would later be called the Prophet Muhammad by all Muslims began to preach the religion of Islam. On this basis the state of the Caliphate was established.

In 100 years since the foundation, it has already spread its borders from the coasts of Spain to South-West Asia. Titular, if expressed in modern terminology, the nation of this state was Arab. The Arabic language was a state language, and Islam was the predominant religion.

It is as a result of such political and religious changes that the Arabs appeared in Asia. But what is interesting is that it is the Arab nation that makes up the majority of the population of such Asian countries where Arabs live, as:

• Bahrain.
• Jordan and Iraq.
• Yemen.
• Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
• Syria.
• Lebanon.
• Yemen.

As before, the main religion of the Arabs is Islam. In Syria, Egypt and Libya there are many supporters of the Christian religion. But Islam is not a single religion. Her followers are divided into at least two areas: the followers of the Islamic religion of Sunni and Shiite.

The culture of this group of peoples is also quite interesting for study. It can be said that Arab culture is almost one of the oldest in the world. When in Europe they began to collect the Crusades, first of all went to where the Arab peoples live. They were already one of the developed countries.

But the world does not stand still. Constantly there are some micro-settlements of small peoples and nationalities. In addition, according to many respected scientists, now humanity is experiencing almost the next Great Migration of Nations. So, who knows, maybe in a couple of centuries the main place of residence of Arabs will not be the Middle East and North Africa, as it is now, but Australia, Europe or North America. Who knows, everything can happen.

Berbers

Interestingly, Arabs are related to the people of Berbers. This is the people whose representatives profess predominantly the Islamic religion. The approximate number of Berbers, if we take into account the whole world, is about 25 million people, the bulk of which lives in Algeria and Morocco: in total, about 20 million people - 10.7 million in Algeria and 9.2 million in Morocco. This people can be called one of the largest in North Africa.

In the northern part of Morocco, where the Arabs and Berbers live, the Amazirs were founded, in the southern part - the Shilla, Algerian Berbers - cabs, Tuaregs and Shauja. Tuareg live in the territories of such countries as:

• Niger.
• Burkina Faso.
• Mali.

The Berbers do not call themselves that. This name was given to them by Europeans when they heard their strange language. At once it is possible to draw an analogy with barbarians, who have developed about the same situation.

Where do the Berbers live?

They say Berbers both in their national, Berber language, and in Arabic, and in French. The question arises: how do the Berbers know French? The answer is simple: Algeria and part of Morocco until recently were the colonial possessions of France, and more than 1.2 million representatives of the Berber people live in the country itself. Berber language itself is divided into many dialects spoken in different parts of the world.

A large number of Berbers live in the Canary Islands (900 thousand) and in Libya (260 thousand). What is most surprising, representatives of this people live even in Canada. About 10 thousand Berbers live in the territory of the United Kingdom.

Despite their affinity with the Arabs, the Berbers follow a different culture, which in some respects differs radically from the Arab one. But there are a number of similarities. In general, the Berbers in the honor of hospitality. And the law of hospitality, as is known, is the main law of the East.

This people has different ideas about material values, rather than Europeans. Gold Berbers are considered a diabolical metal, unlike silver. Where higher than gold, camels are evaluated. Yes, yes, camels. They are considered a sign of wealth and prosperity in the family.