In 10th-century Basra, in present-day Iraq, a shadowy group of Muslim intellectuals called the Brethren of Purity compiled a massive encyclopedia of all the scientific and philosophical knowledge of ...

"Originally published as Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur in 1898 and 1902. Subsequent editions by Brill between 1937 and 1943, and in 1996."--Title page verso Originally published under the title ...

Are the terms alcohol and kohl related? Yes, if we trace their origins. An Arabic etymological term base, the first of its kind, can provide new knowledge about Arab identity and cultural history. Are ...

RIYADH (Reuters Life!) - History never really dies, at least not in the Middle East. Sign up here. The Fatimid caliphate, a medieval Arab Islamic empire based in Cairo, has been at the center of a ...

c. 500-630: Classical Age of Arab Poetry. 570-632: Mohammed. 610-632: Revelation of the Koran to Mohammed. 622: Hegira, beginning of Muslim (lunar) calendar. 633-647: Islam conquers the area of ...

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire at the end of the 5th century, the western and central part of Europe was swept down by many barbarian tribes and fell into the so-called Dark Ages for some ...

UC Berkeley will launch a new endowed program and chair in Palestinian and Arab studies, one of the few in the nation, as the Israel-Hamas war has fueled huge demand to better understand the history, ...