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 …

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 …

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 …

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

ARAB NATIONALISM ideology that arabs are a nation. The ideology that dominated the Arab world for most of the twentieth century, Arab nationalism, evolved, much as did other …

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 …

ARABIA, PRE-ISLAMThe term "Arabia" has been variously applied in both modern and ancient times to refer to a vast territory stretching from the borders of the Fertile Crescent in northern …

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 …

ARAB–ISRAEL CONFLICT Conflict over the post–ARAB – ISRAEL CONFLICT Conflict over the post– World War I mandated territory of Palestine. In Palestine, the conflict began at the end …

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, …