Peter Webb argued that the practice of niyāḥa, or excessive weeping, was exaggerated in works written about this period. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this time period, which Sayyid Qutb analogized to Western culture. Its name approximately translates to the “Age of Ignorance.”
ANSWER: Jāhiliyyah
[10m] Although later Islamic culture often took a negative attitude towards the Jähiliyyah, it preserved its respect for this art form. The mu’allaqāt, which consists of this art form, is so named for hanging in the Ka’aba.
ANSWER: poetry [or poems; or odes]
[10e] People during the Jāhiliyyah were later accused of being engaged in this practice, similar to accusations of it against the Carthaginians. High sex ratios among children may provide evidence of this practice.
ANSWER: female infanticide [accept descriptions like killing babies or letting young children die or child sacrifice; prompt on murder; reject “abortion”]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, World History>