THE UAE LANDSCAPE AND JABAL FAYA Flashcards
was the uae landscape the same as it is now?
The landscape of the land that is now the UAE did not always look as it does today.
At one time, more rain fell on the Arabian Peninsula making the climate wetter.
There were more plants, and the landscape was much greener.
account on hajar mountains
Evidence shows that the land that makes up the Al Hajar Mountains was once under the sea.
The mountains rose to their current height through a process of tectonic plates shifting over millions of years.
when did modern humans start emerging
According to scientists, modern humans emerged around 200,000 years ago in Africa and then spread around the world.
provide evidence to prove that humans migrated from place ot place?
Some of the earliest evidence for human movement from Africa to the Middle East was found in Palestine .
In caves at Qafzeh and Skhul, scientists discovered human fossils suggesting that humans came from Africa through the Nile Valley and into Palestine between 120,000 and 80,000 years ago.
what evidence is there to say people came to arabian gulf?
Recent excavations at Jebel Faya in what is now Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates have produced evidence that humans also travelled from Africa across the Arabian Peninsula.
Archaeologists found stone tools in Jebel Faya that are similar to tools found in East Africa.
These tools included small hand-axes and tools for cutting up food.
Scientists determined that the stone tools were buried between about 130,000 and 95,000 years ago.
how did humans get to jebal faya?was it easy or difficult?
Travelling from Africa to Arabia today means crossing the Red Sea. However, around 130,000 years ago, the Red Sea was much lower than it is today.
This meant that crossing from Africa to Arabia would have been like crossing a small river.
We know from discoveries at Jebel Faya that this is one of the routes that humans took into Arabia.
how was jebel faya back then?
At that time there was more rainfall in Arabia than there is now.
The humans arriving in Arabia found grasslands and large numbers of wild animals. They would have been able to hunt the animals with ease.
why did people move out from uae?
Around 75,000 years ago, the climate became drier. It is likely that the humans who then lived in areas of the UAE became separated from those to the west and south in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Some likely stayed in the area while some might have decide d it was time to keep moving.
was it easy for people ot move out?
For those who moved on, changes in the climate once again would have helped them. As it became drier, the Arabian Gulf became no more than a river.
how did people spread to asia
As the climate became drier, the Arabian Gulf became no more than a river. This river valley attracted a wide range of animals. These would have provided easy hunting for humans crossing the Arabian Gulf and spreading into what is now Asia.
when did people move to australia
Humans continued to spread around the globe from Asia towards Australia around 50,000 years ago.
when did people move to europe
By 40 ,000 years ago , the humans living in the Middle East had spread into Europe and the northern part of the Middle East.
why should places like jebel faya be preserved
the excavations at jebel faya allowed us to discover the ways people in the past lived and sustained. It also assisted us in comprehending how individuals of that time moved from place to place.The Jabal Faya discoveries have also placed UAE on the world map of sites which is crucial to understanding our earliest history. . Excavations at Jebel Faya have revealed how people travelled from Africa to Arabian peninsula and how to spread to other parts of the world. Archaeologists have found stone tools like hand axes that were used for cutting food at that time, quite similar to the ones in east Africa. Thus preservation of such a place will bring insight into the process of evolution of man.
