Abstract
Food is a basic element of human life and durability. Pre-Islamic period was one of scarcity and hard life but its poets showed high self-control as far as appetite and gluttony are concerned. These poets showed noble altruism and self-denial in times of famine. The Abbasid period poets were quite on the contrary to them. Their age was one of richness and gluttony. The Abbasid poets showed high love of food and great appetite.
This research is comparative study between the pre-Islamic poet (Jahiliate) and Abbasid poet and the impact of the environment in the areas according the two fields of anthropology.
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