Not only the Nabateans but all Arabs worshipped Al-Uzza, Al-Lat and Manat Actually the original idols of the three deities were kept in Makkah alongside with other 357 original idols of all the deities of all the Arabic tribes However these 3 deities had an important status because out all the deities there it was them +Hubal who were kept inside of the Kaaba
@@shareem1779Yes. You see Historically the Kaaba predates Islam it actually has been there for at least a thousand years before Islam and even before Mohamad’s tribe Qureish even existed Makkah was always the most sacred city in Arabia and many Arabian tribes had fought for it and many had ruled it including important ones such as Jurhum and Khuza’a, and all Arabs before Islam believed that it was Abraham and his Son Ishmael who built it (yes the knew about them since Arabs also are Semites and the patriarch of Adnanites(including Qureish and Khazā’a) is by both Arabic Jewish traditions believed to be Ishmael, you see Arabic Polytheism is one particular type of Polytheism and even though Muslims burned many Pre-Islamic records from the Era of “Al-Jahiliya” or ignorants “which is the term with which Muslims describe Pre-Islamic Arabs) we still know that Arabs used to bea hybrid between Monotheism and polytheism you see the believed in the God of Abraham who they called Al-Lah which might mean The “the God” “with a doubled definite article” and they believed in his oneness and that no one was equal to him but they also had other lower ranked Gods called Al-aliha plural of Ilah and they believed them to be mediators between humans and the Major God Allah it was like a feudal monarchy with a king who is the sole ruler but with other dukes and princes and each one of Aliha had a specific role or domain for example the highest ranked one Hubal was the God of divination, rain and war and his consort Manāt was the Goddess of fate, fortune, time, death, and destiny.. etc. These two wigh Al-‘Uzzā and Al-Lāt were the most venerated Aliha and they were worshipped by all the Arabs and unlike other Gods who were placed around the Ka’bā these three were placed inside it and all Arabs from all the tribes and from all around Arabia would go on an Annual pilgrimage to them, and the month of pilgrimage for the Arabic pagans then was the same as the month of pilgrimage for Muslims today and btw today is the first day of that month, it’s called thil-Hijja which means “that of the pilgrimage”.
@@almami1599 there is no lower ranked gods linked to Aalah watch what you saying , in one verse of Qur'an al Alah say that he has no son and no one is equivalent to him
@@shareem1779 Muslims do believe this EXCEPT one major thing, the Kaaba is not pagan, it was built by Prophet Abraham by the order of God (Allah) to perform pilgrimage around it as an act of worship, the first one to perform the ritual of going around the Kaaba was done by Prophet Abraham himself, and Arabs continued to follow this tradition of their forefather Abraham except they then attributed partners to Allah and made up their own false deities, gave the one and only creator sons and daughters and whatnot, these were the pagan Arabs between the time of Abraham and Prophet Muhammad which was thousands of years. Prophet Muhammad returned the Kaaba to its non pagan origins by removing all the other deities around it and inside it and restored the worship of only one God (Allah) without any partners.
How is it “astonishing” that women may have been in control of the region/area at some point during history? The choice of words says a great deal about our own modern culture.
Indeed, dear friend. Women are sacred, we all entered this world through one. Why most men have chosen to stop revering this and stain women with such resentment is beyond my understanding.
Um Qirfa lived during the time of Muhammad why hasn't she been buried alive?, plus if the Arabians buried their daughters, how can they have children? how can they find wives.
Those Godesses were inside the Ka'bah in Mecca before Islam. They were deities worshipped by the Arab tribes of Quraysh until the conquest “of Mecca by Muslims led by Muhammad in December 629 or January 630 AD (Julian), 10-20 Ramadan, 8 AH. The conquest marked the end of the wars between the followers of Muhammad and the Quraysh tribe.” [according to Wikipedia]. There is a scene illustrating well that transition in faith in the movie “The Message” 1976.
Maybe for the next video on women's roles in society, Smithsonian could use a female narrator who talks normally, not like the narrator of some unsolved crime show.
it's very commonplace that cultures which started out matriarchal and with women in all powerful positions were turned into misogynistic societies where women had little to zero rights. At the same time, female deities were replaced with male ones. Thus, the power shift was not only societal, but "justified" from a religious angle. Note how all big religions left today usually have large parts of their doctrine devoted entirely to the denigration of women. Of course, there were also some cultures where both sexes were pretty much completely equal (Ancient Egypt, for example). There will never be any equality again though as long as the noxious abrahamitic nonsense religions aren't abolished.
When I discovered how those abrahamic religions destroyed women's status and dignity by making them inferior, I became atheist. It's indeed because of those religions that women are denigrated in many places.
@@vdl9673 These Gnostics are the true enemy of mankind. There is a reason why they are called "intellectual satanists". No wonder, they hide their true ideology from us (profanes), and pretend as if they only know "how to love". In reality, they are the deceivers.
Maybe women were overthrown because men didn’t had rights back them etc. like the reversed scenario of the Morden world. Men overthrow woman. I dunno I’m a monoey
1:25 is the funniest thing EVER!!!! really???? you couldn't find a more realistic costume??? a cheap bellydancing hipscarf for a head covering? HAHAHHA
I read up on there society and that is what they used, they used it as a belly dancing scarf or head covering depending on what they were doing at the time, it was very versatile because in there society it was not uncommon to brake out into belly dancing at any one moment so you had to be prepared.
Big Baller that's.... actually a helpful and interesting fact! I didn't know that. Thanks for looking into it. I just laughed at it because it was the exact one I got at a renaissance festival when I was a kid.
If that's the matriarchy then the matriarchs are missing. No one is over 20 years old. They have no wisdom in their faces or bodies. It's a childish depiction of the matriarchal culture.
@@newworldorder6764 No, that isn't why Petra failed. Earthquake, Flashflood, another Earthquake and a bunch of greedy Romans who wanted the wealth of the Nabateans successful incense trade. (It was a much stickier world back then.)
As a depiction of a matriarchal culture the Smithsonian Institute have failed miserably: The matriarchs are missing. All the women are 20 years old: It smacks of a schoolboy fantasy for group sex (with his big sisters) by torchlight. It's childish in the extreme and of such amateurish quality and arrangement, I despair. The male narrator makes it seem like a commercial for laundry detergent. Whether or not the "power and status" of women was or is recognized by men has no relevance. The power and status of women is timeless and all encompassing.
It has nothing to do with your modern interpretation of women in society. The goddesses were more important than men, women, children, camels or sheep. It lead to their downfall.
Was watching Bettany Hughes show last night and I didn't know much about the Nabataeans and their culture. Lion connection again I see like Egyptian teachings taught...there's a cat theme running through some of these cultures.
Arabs were .. and still are very patriarch having goddesses doesn't mean anything a Sheikh (Chieftain) and a warrior marries multiple women and spread his genes many non-Arabs fail to realize that Allat , Al-Uzza , Manat were thought of as Daughters of Allah prior to Islam and pure monotheism which removed this idea so they were smaller gods to the Almighty
I was thinking much the same thing - the existence of a cult for a female Goddess, or three, does not, in itself, denote a Matriarchal or gender equal society - take the Cult of Isis (which swept across the Roman world) or the Cult of the Mother Mary in Christianty. However, it would appear that there is other evidence to back up their claims here, although they do not discuss it in such a short video.
Every one worshiped Ay Shakt-E Ambaa in India (Su Ra Sena) Su Ra Sena ( Solar Dynasty ) ruled from North Italy to Egypt to Arabia to Partha/E Ra-an to Arya (India)
I am pretty sure we have learned from now these temples were super ornate. I doubt the preistesses we're doing their rituals on a cave like room with dirt floor.
I think it's interesting how alot of these societies in the ancient middle East thought of women in high regard or at least they typically treated them as equals or almost equals and then Islam came in and the middle East and North Africa became completely mysoginistic obviously it was Islam and not the culture and this proves that also look at the sabean kingdom also known as Sheba now believed to be in southern Arabia it was ruled by a queen something that would never happen in that part of the world now
Arabia was mysoginistic even Before islam, in pre-islamic Arabia people were burying their new born daughters alive, women were treated as property a son could inherit his mother (as his wife) after his father's death, women were not allowed to inherit a single cent, women were not permitted to remarry after the death of her husband unless the son decide whether he wished to marry her or give her in marriage to anyone else etc. Civilisation always changes...
They were Matrilineal .originally from South Indian kurav , moved out 10 k years back. After the great flood after everyone settled down again , these South Indian mountain ppl had to leave their mountains since non-meat eating vegetarian agriculture ppl developed lands n drove meat eaters out .
inscriptions in ancient Arabic are found in the northwestern part of the Arabian Peninsula and Jordan and the Syrian desert and Syria and Mesopotamia and Palestine
@@ibrahimhercules9466 arabs originated in Yemen then many tribe's lived in different areas arabs of Palestine and Jordan and Lebanon lived there since 10ceuntry BCE are called abnanite Arabs arabs of Mesopotamia lived there since akkadians are called Marsh Arabs arabs of the gulf lived there since early semetic people started living are called Qahtanian Arabs
Don't men and women have different goals and interests. Women might have been more valued, but men have always and will always desire power, knowledge, and success.
lila omer No... Allah is the God of Abraham. The only reason why the Arabs believed in Allah was via prophet Ismaiel(as), the son of prophet Ibrahiem(as). The name "Allah" comes from "al-Ilah" or "The-God", but in one word/name. Thus, Allah. Even though "Al-lat" may sound like "Allah", it roots are different. Btw, Allah is no male, neither female... So, there is no male or female version of Allah's name, or female goddes version of Allah(swt). And i seek refuge with Allah from this shirk. Allah has no gender. The only reason why "He", "His", "Him", God(instead of goddes), and more "masculine" words are used when speaking about Allah, is because such masculine words can stand for a male being, but also a genderless being. If i say "she took the diamond", you can be certain a female took the diamond. But if i say "he took it", it could be a male being that took the diamond. But it could also be a genderless being like an angel or something that took the diamond... Wa Allahu A3lam.
Mary-Patricia Foy No "ilah" means deity or a god or something that is worshipped, etc... Allah is specifically "al-Ilah" in one word/name. The God, a true monotheistic name.
Muslim and Christian prayer come from Jewish tanakh Christian women were cover head they call nuns or carmélites but Muslim adopted. And ancient arab women were not cover their hair they have long hair freedom they were queen in ancient time
why are they speaking Tunisian arabic? is it agenda driven? or you just couldn't find jordanian actors?! EDIT: they did not speak tunisian arabic, but another variety of Arabic in North-West Africa
1:18 do you hear Arabic? the conjugation patterns she used in Neeh-deeh-o and Nit-man-aho are in the third person plural which is common across north africa I watched the entire documentary when it came out. before it is release on youtube. not sure if it's on youtube btw and i recognized the dialect as tunsian, it may have been other north african dialect though but it is definitely an arabic dialect from north west africa
the real name of "lilith" is actually Lilatu in Semitic languages .. same in Arabic when we say Lilatu Qadr (ليلة القدر) the Great Goddess of the night, wisdom and judgement ... worshiped by Akkadians all Ancient Semites were Arabs .. Akkad is a city not an ethnic group
Ahhh Smithsonian didn't expect Moroccans to watch this . Please if you want to reincarnate a scene , bring people of that region. Not Moroccans talking moroccan dialect ( Marrakech accent ) representing Petra / jordan...no credibility there mate !
@@lovenature1919 The Arab Nabatean settled in the north of the Arabian Peninsula and the south of the Levant. As for the story of mixing, the peoples of the Levant are literally a mixture of all nations
@@Before7years u are the liar and in denial. Take a look at urself in the mirror or take a DNA test. Ur govt bring all those indian immigrants plus your ppl have mixed with black slaves and indian workers and persian settlers. So many khaleejis have Black/african, indian/South asian and persian blood. Pure and best arab tribes settled in Mesopotamia and Levant. Nabataeens arent related to modern gulf arabs, they are closely related to arab tribes of Levant and Mesopotamia, and I’m referring to the full semitic Arab tribes of these regions NOT the citizens in these nations, for example a kurd from iraq or turkmen from Syria isnt related to arab nabataeen.
@@user-dg5vx8li8f 1. Thing not everyone who lives in Levant and Mesopotamia are arabs, same as not everyone in the gulf is arab. For example in Syria there are Chechens and in Lebanon there are tons of armenians, and in Iraq there are kurds and turkmen. BUT there are also full semitic arab tribes who lived without mixing with NON-arabs. There are still tribes in Levant and Mesopotamia who didnt mix with any ethnic, they Even look different and unique from their neighbours, they still look like ancient arabs. They are tall, white/pale and light eyes and hair. While gulf arabs are heavily mixed with black/africans (because of slavery), South asians and persians(funny because they hate iranians). Just look at the phenotype is enough to tell. So nabataeen are closer to arabs in Levant and Mesopotamia, and dont really have alot in common with modern gulf arabs.
Do you know Al is with any noun equal to The in English? Like Allah is 2 part name Al Lah , means the Lah. Who was Lah ? A Raja Lah , who was worshiped as any other king like David or Sulman or Abraham, the only difference is he came from India/ Pakistan ( Indus Valley civilization) about 3 thousands years ago. Do google about history of city Lahore.
@@GLOmar-my6xc I never said that, I'm a proud ethnic Arab, and Arab Nationalist ... And what's this african sabian by the way ? I've never heard of this ethnicity ...
According to Dan Gibson Petra was the original Mecca and hometown of Muhammad -as a result of the Islamic Civil Wars (Fitna) following the death of the prophet the rebel Ibn Jubair when defeated by the Ummayads took the sacred stone to Mecca in Saudi Arabia and it became the holy site instead of Petra(Becca)The old Mecca (Petra) was destroyed by an earthquake.
Before Islam came in the Arabian Peninsula Women are not treated as Human being they were treated worsen then animals they didn't have any rights Roman and Persian treat their own women like an object....
@@klarity1111 this Muslim is a liar and completely doing the exact opposite of facts women actually had a rights and freedom in ancient Arabia pre-islamic Lee Etc
@@yaruqadishi8326 I will have to research this out. I really was taught that women had no rights before Muhammad and were chattel. I want to know the truth, but it takes time to do good research.
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