Sorry, but I got no good answers in history when I asked this, so I am going to try and ask it here. I am hoping someone knows something about Saudi Arabia's history. Which cultures or civilizations existed in Saudi Arabia between the years 3000 BC and 1 AD? What land did they occupy from the now Saudi Arabia. Was the civilization a superpower at all in the region? Were there just tribes living in Saudi Arabia during those times, if so, then which ones? Thanks for answering! I am really wanting to learn about the history of this world, and Saudi Arabia is a place that I want to learn about first. I will be moving onto the rest of the Middle East, and then to Africa afterwards. Thanks for answering! Thanks again for some answers, but you can write some real answers that I could learn something from instead of just sand, desert. I got that response already and am dissapointed with the quality of the answer.
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A lot of Arabian history Pre-Islam is mostly speculation, as it was a land of myth, many tribes and traditions and in many places a difficult land for any civilisation to thrive (thats one of the reasons why the early Islamic caliphs moved their capital from Medina to Damascus and later Baghdad.) The one which sticks out mostly in my mind is the Saba (Sheba.) They are made famous in the Old Testament through the Solomon and the Queen of Sheba story. Its disputed whether the empire was either in Ethiopia and later colonised Arabia or were based in Southern Arabia and later colonised Ethiopia but its widely accepted they did rule the fertile lands around the Southern tip of the Peninsula. They were the most prominent for many centuries (they fell into obscurity around the 1-2nd Century BCE.)
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Saudia Arabia is on the bottom part of the Furtile Crescent which is modern day Iraq. The early tribes in the region were nomdic till the Babylonians came in. Then the Assyrians controled the area, and lost it in about 600 bc. The Persians were the last to hold the region till about 350bc. Then the land is considered part of the Empire of Alexander the Great. Which is a short time, but his generals divide up his land.
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