Arabs

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Arabs
Arabic: عَرَب (ʿarab)
Total population
c. 400 million[1][2] to 420+ million[3][4]
Regions with significant populations
 Arab League
   350,000,000[5][6]
 Brazil11,600,000–20,000,000[7][8][9]
 France5,500,000–7,000,000[10][11]
 Turkey5,000,000[12][a]
 United States3,700,000[14]
 Argentina3,500,000[15]
 Colombia3,200,000[16][17][18][19][20]
 Israel2,080,000[21]
 Chad1,800,000[22]
 Iran1,600,000[23]–4,000,000[24]
 Venezuela1,600,000[25]
 Germany1,401,950[26]
 Spain1,350,000[27][28]
 Mexico1,100,000[29]
 Chile800,000[30][31][32]
 Canada750,925[33]
 Italy705,968[34]
 Sweden543,350[35]
 United Kingdom500,000[36]
 Australia500,000[37]
 Netherlands480,000–613,800[38]
 Ivory Coast300,000[39]
 Honduras280,000[40]
 Ecuador170,000 [41]
 Niger150,000 (2006)[42]
 Denmark121,000[43]
 Indonesia118,866 (2010)[44]
 El Salvador100,000[45][46][47][48][49]
 Eritrea80,000 (2010)[50]
 Uruguay75,000[51]
 Tanzania70,000[52]
 Kenya59,021 (2019)[53]
 Somalia30,000[54]
Languages
Arabic
Religion
Predominantly:
Related ethnic groups
Other peoples of the Middle East and North Africa[55]

The Arabs (Arabic: عَرَب, DIN 31635: ʿarab, Arabic pronunciation:[b] [ˈʕɑ.rɑb] ⓘ), also known as the Arab people (الشَّعْبَ الْعَرَبِيّ), are an ethnic group[c] mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa. A significant Arab diaspora is present in various parts of the world.[74]

Arabs have been in the Fertile Crescent for thousands of years.[75] In the 9th century BCE, the Assyrians made written references to Arabs as inhabitants of the Levant, Mesopotamia, and Arabia.[76] Throughout the Ancient Near East, Arabs established influential civilizations starting from 3000 BCE onwards, such as Dilmun, Gerrha, and Magan, playing a vital role in trade between Mesopotamia, and the Mediterranean.[77] Other prominent tribes include Midian, ʿĀd, and Thamud mentioned in the Bible and Quran. Later, in 900 BCE, the Qedarites enjoyed close relations with the nearby Canaanite and Aramaean states, and their territory extended from Lower Egypt to the Southern Levant.[78] From 1200 BCE to 110 BCE, powerful kingdoms emerged such as Saba, Lihyan, Minaean, Qataban, Hadhramaut, Awsan, and Homerite emerged in Arabia.[79] According to the Abrahamic tradition, Arabs are descendants of Abraham through his son Ishmael.[80]

During classical antiquity, the Nabataeans established their kingdom with Petra as the capital in 300 BCE,[81] by 271 CE, the Palmyrene Empire with the capital Palmyra, led by Queen Zenobia, encompassed the Syria Palaestina, Arabia Petraea, and Egypt, as well as large parts of Anatolia.[82] The Arab Itureans inhabited Lebanon, Syria, and northern Palestine (Galilee) during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.[83] The Osroene and Hatran were Arab kingdoms in Upper Mesopotamia around 200 CE.[84] In 164 CE, the Sasanians recognized the Arabs as "Arbayistan", meaning "land of the Arabs,"[85] as they were part of Adiabene in upper Mesopotamia.[86] The Arab Emesenes ruled by 46 BCE Emesa (Homs), Syria.[87] During late antiquity, the Tanukhids, Salihids, Lakhmids, Kinda, and Ghassanids were dominant Arab tribes in the Levant, Mesopotamia, and Arabia, they predominantly embraced Christianity.[88]

During the Middle Ages, Islam fostered a vast Arab union, leading to significant Arab migrations to the Maghreb, the Levant, and neighbouring territories under the rule of Arab empires such as the Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid, and Fatimid, ultimately leading to the decline of the Byzantine and Sasanian empires. At its peak, Arab territories stretched from southern France to western China, forming one of history's largest empires.[89] The Great Arab Revolt in the early 20th century aided in dismantling the Ottoman Empire, ultimately leading to the formation of the Arab League on 22 March 1945, with its Charter endorsing the principle of a "unified Arab homeland".[90]

Arabs from Morocco to Iraq share a common bond based on ethnicity, language, culture, history, identity, ancestry, nationalism, geography, unity, and politics,[91] which give the region a distinct identity and distinguish it from other parts of the Muslim world.[92] They also have their own customs, literature, music, dance, media, food, clothing, society, sports, architecture, art and, mythology.[93] Arabs have significantly influenced and contributed to human progress in many fields, including science, technology, philosophy, ethics, literature, politics, business, art, music, comedy, theatre, cinema, architecture, food, medicine, and religion.[94] Before Islam, most Arabs followed polytheistic Semitic religion, while some tribes adopted Judaism or Christianity and a few individuals, known as the hanifs, followed a form of monotheism.[95] Currently, around 93% of Arabs are Muslims, while the rest are mainly Arab Christians, as well as Arab groups of Druze and Baháʼís.[96]

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