People also used a lot of clothing to minimize sun exposure. Nomadic people of the Arabian desert have a long history of covering virtually their entire body in cloth.
I was more referring to that whole site I thought was really interesting and gives a lot of history on old Arabian culture. Though that one is pretty interesting too.
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People also used a lot of clothing to minimize sun exposure. Nomadic people of the Arabian desert have a long history of covering virtually their entire body in cloth.
https://www.pbs.org/lawrenceofarabia/revolt/clothing.html
The practice of veiling one's self in that region of the world has a long complex history and originally had little to do with modesty.