What do we know about pre islam arabia?
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Peace all,
Lots of controversy in this subject, some say things were better some day things were worse. We can never really know. While it is true that there were SOME powerful women, they were just a few who were usuallyMyers f tribes thus enjoyed many rights. People like to use examples from those select few. Whereas majority is different.
What do you guys think?
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That is a very interesting subject, and for somebody who is not an specialist and has not done a very documented and unprejudiced study with elements from those dates, I am afraid it may not be that easy. Hitory is a weapon and either deliberately or not we are given what suits the ideological war. Itis incredible the nonsense we may be fed that way on any history not just Arabia or Islam. The one who cheats first usually gets away with it. Example The Bible.
So in fact I come to the conclusiontht MY (since I am not in a position to cary out a scientificall thourough study of the matter) best source should be the Qur'an itself.
What I get from the Qur'an itself is that Arabia at the time was very modern in the sense that there were "universaly" acknowledged acknowledged values but that if you trampled on them and you were a successful person you got away with it. Also that there were some left overs form may be a previous matriarchu, like in most civilisations, but the "modern" values trampled on any of it. It is very symptomatic how thourough the Qur'an is in sfeguarding the duties of men to the women, although along the centuries a good job has been done by male raw power to undo those duties and turn them everything in duties for the women and rights for the men. A real feat.
Salaam