The difference between tribal and village cultures has also influenced Middle Eastern Dance. The largest effect, from our point of view, is the records left about the dance. Certain cultures, like India, Persia and Turkey, left more records of the dance than say the Arabic or North African cultures. Culture is the greatest determiner of whether or not records survive. Culture also determines how the dancers of the day were portrayed, if they were.
Some cultures have a plethora of male citations and none at all of women.
Finally we come to the question of style or type of dance. I have found references, of some type, for most of these forms of dance during period. They do not necessarily occur in the same region or during the same period, but at some point in time and at some place all these forms of Middle Eastern Dance existed during the SCA period. Circle and line dances are danced by both men and women, though separately. Generally the sexes do not dance together although in some regions they do dance simultaneously.