May 17, 2018 · Arabs The heyday of occultism, especially astrology and alchemy, occurred among the Arab race at the time when the Moors established their empire in the Spanish peninsula. In the …

Arabs turned for direction to the Arab League, which formed in 1944 as a body to coordinate the political and economic efforts of Arab member states. The organization resolved to protect Palestine from the …

Jun 8, 2018 · The Arabs took control of the area during the Islamic expansion of the 7th century ad, and it is from these Arabs that modern-day Palestinians are descended. The Arabic word for Palestine is …

ARAB NATIONALISM ideology that arabs are a nation. Source for information on Arab Nationalism: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa dictionary.

Street Arabs and Street Urchins An alarming 1849 report by New York City police chief George Matsell raised the specter of over ten thousand "vagrant, idle and vicious children of both sexes" roaming the …

May 17, 2018 · Semites Peoples whose native tongue belongs to the group of Semitic languages. They originally inhabited an area in Arabia and spoke a common language, Proto-Semitic, from which the …

The common features of the languages of the Assyrians, Arameans, and Arabs, which suffice to mark them as members of one family, set them apart from the "Semite" Lydians (Lud) and Elamites, …

Ma'dan (Marsh Arabs) PRONUNCIATION: mah-DAHN ALTERNATE NAMES: Marsh Arabs LOCATION: Iraq (marshes at the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers) POPULATION: Fewer than 20,000 …

The Spread of Islam and its Relationship to Medieval Europe Growth of Islam. When Islam first emerged in Arabia during the mid-seventh century, there was little indication that within 150 years the …

ISLAM: ISLAM IN ANDALUSIA Al-Andalus was the name used by the Muslim population of the Iberian Peninsula for the territory that was under Muslim rule from the times of the conquest in 711 ce until …