The role of these peoples' neighbors in their history is highlighted by the book
Françoise Héritier's "somatic" theory explains a type of marriage taboo among these people as a type of "milk kinship" system. The role of these peoples' neighbors in their history is highlighted by the book In the Shadow of the Sword. In ancient times, these people often buried daughters alive either at age 6 or by having their mother give birth into a hole in the ground. A scholar belonging to these people wrote a seven-volume text called The Book of Lessons, the "prolegomenon" to which highlights their (*) purity of manners and concept of social cohesion, the latter of which is crucial to that 13th century author's theory of civilization. A word meaning "age of ignorance" is used to refer to the state these people lived in before the life of a man born during the Year of the Elephant. For 10 points, name this pan-ethnic group, whose native language is that of the Qur'an.
Françoise Héritier's "somatic" theory explains a type of marriage taboo among these people as a type of "milk kinship" system.
Arabs [accept specific varieties like Bedouin]