>>20988732>ancient mesopotamia - sumer, akkad, assyriaconstant cycles of conquest and getting conquered, initially locally, later by persians, macedonians, romans
>egyptgenerally just fell behind, knowledge lost in conflicts/invasions and due to mismanagement by ptolemaics and rome
>ummah levantraped to death by the mongols
>persiaendured conquest, rape by mongols, fell behind due to industrializing later than europe; endured extensive meddling in the modern era. a bit of a backwater state since the middle ages, but it's been holding its own these days.
>>20988737You're thinking of the traditionally nomadic Bedouins that exploded from Arabia after Islam united them. Maghreb Arabs are also nomadic but without benefiting from oil or the cultural diffusion that comes with conquest, and still rather backwater as a result.
The Levant "Arabs" (some don't identify as such) were a part of classical antiquity, and are noted for their commercial prowess to this day - even Hitler gave them a shout out in Mein Kampf. Tend to get mistaken for other ethnicities in the west.
