محمد حسين هيكل ودوره في السياسة المصرية حتى عام 1956 : دراسة تاريخية == Mohammad Husein Haikal and his role in the Egyptian policy till 1956 A historical study
الحياة الاجتماعية في بلاد الشام قبل الاسلام
Author name:
زينب خليل محمد المعموري
Abstract:
The social life in the northern region p e - Islam is considered among the vital and in important subjects that deserves disccusion and study as such subjrcts are considered the basic pillar to be aware of the nature of human and social life that prevailed that area , if we want to display the most important results which we conclude at this study , the following points will appear : 1. Numerous people and nations that belong to pure Arab races had in habited the northern region , the best proof of this is the Arabic names which we receive that thay named such as Hanafi , Saeed and the Arabic names of their kings such as AL - Hareth I , king of Nabatean , Uthayna , king of palmyra and AL - Hareth bin Jabala , the prince of Ghassasina , among those rations are Nabateans , palmyras and Ghassasina as they migrated from different areas due to economical commercial or political reasons in order to hold political alliances , as those people had great role and impact in rising and promoting the civilzation at this region . 2. Those people were able to establish their kingdoms at the territories where they lived such as Nabatean kingdom which was arosenat Transjordan and Ghassasina kingdom in Damascus due to their cultural and educational developing . 3. These kingdoms had had ruling systems organized democraticly based on foundations and principles usually led by the king as monarchy was usually restricted at one family and the king was practicing leadership and ruling responsibilities commonly with the people and this what was happening with the kings of Nabateans , as the king of Nabatean was submitting a complete statement of his work in front of the people . In respect to kings of Ghassasina , they weren’t practicing the responsibilities of leadership freely , but they were undertaking consultation base as the kings were consulting leading personalities of his people about important matters , then their ruling system had changed gradually from chieftain system to monarchy . 4. They had also the system of political establishments which were controlling the affairs inside the kingdom such as Daimus and poli councils especially in palmyra kingdom as they had had establishments contained civil servants for finance and a civil servant responsible for markets , there was the official who was responsible for arbitrating and other jobs . This refers to the extent of developing and progress which their establishments had reached at that period . 5. Various class formations had appeared due to the economical and commercial Flourishing which the people of these kingdoms had reached , so there were the very rich aristocratic class inside Nabatean and palmyra , the middle class and there was also the poor class , which point that the classic formation of their society was organized according to pyramidal succession from the highest to the lowest as it is at our to day society . 6. Woman had a distinct role in building the kingdom , this is what we obviously see in Palmyra and the impact of Zanobia in practicing leadership as the ruling of Zanobia had extended to east territories . 7. The commercial and industrial activities had reached a progress stage due to the nature of their country and its situation which helped them to control the commercial roads that passing their country especially Nabatean and palmyra which led to prominence of cultural , and social aspects and economical prosperity and flourishing as they had known developed industries such as lamps and statues industries and mintage , they were skillful also in decoration . 8. They were fond of and interested in selecting the best types of bragging clothes as their kings were wearing the most bragging clothes made of silk and linen which were embroidered with gold and precious stones and they were perfuming with the best quality of perfume types and their women also were fond of selecting the most beautiful types of cosmatics and pieces of jewelry , what indicate the progress of their goldsmithing is what they were working in pieces of jewelry and gems of Nabatean,s women 9. Various types of separated houses that encarved in big rocks had appeared especially in Nabatean , while the houses of palmyre were built like the houses of rich people at the present time A number of remains which indicate their using of farniture , sofas and chairs in their houses as it is in our houses to day had appeared , this remark the range of their architectural progress in building and arranging their houses . 10. In respect to their marriage , cases of mirrage with the strangers , specially marriage of jewish had appeared , this was at the upper class of Nabatean society , this marriage was occurred due to political impetus this palmyras got married of each other , this marriage often occured at early age . 11. They also had their special feast days , the palmyras in particular as they considered April 6 the most famous religious feast of them and AL - Shaaneen day which the Ghassasina celebrated . 12. As far to their dead and burying them , they had their own customs and ritual to burg them which indicate their respect to them . 13. Religions and worships varied among the people of northern region which some of them had come from Arab peninsula and others from Iraq , so the worship of idols , stars and sun , paganism and christianity had also appeared . The number of idols of palmyras had reached 60 but some worshiped the idols while other embraced christianity . performing these religious rituals were associated with some traditional customs like reading Mass , presenting immolations and votive offering which often were of butching meat . finally , we have to say that the results which we conclude may not be final because knowledage is in continuous progress , but I wish I was successful to pay great attention to the theme of this study and to be of great useful to every one wants to know the nature of social life of northern region’s people including scholars , educated and specialists with Regards .
