Middle
Eastern cultures like that of the Arabs
+ the Iranians (Persians) are renown for their
storytelling tradition the best example being
"Thousand
and One Nights".
European
poety starts with Arabic poetry in
Spain which lead to the travelling troubadours.
" ... scholars like J.B. Trend
have asserted
that the poetry of troubadours
is connected
to Arabic poetry written in the
Iberian Peninsula" ... ."
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubadour
Reading
Arabic
