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Copies Of The Quran Ibn Muqlah Script
608 wordsArabic Calligraphy Arabic calligraphy is one of the greatest arts of the Arabs. Because Islam forbade the making and worshipping of idols, there was no scope for arts like sculpture to develop and, therefore, Muslims directed their talents towards arts such as literature, architecture, arabesque and calligraphy. Another main reason for the development of calligraphy was the need to make copies of the Quran, which was considered a most meritorious act. Like the names of poets and writers, the nam...
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Men And Women Shake Hands
1,932 wordsCultural History: The modern state of Syria was not established until 1946, after the Second World War, but it is a land, which has been inhabited since ancient times. Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of habitation dating back to about 5000 B. C. and Damascus is probably the world's oldest continuously inhabited city. Greater Syria, a land area incorporating Lebanon, Israel, Jordan and present-day Syria, was the site of much conflict and conquest throughout the days of the Ancient World. T...
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Scientific Improvements Of The Arabic Empire
1,200 wordsThe Scientific Improvements of the Great Arabic Empire. Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 a lot of people take them for granted, however do most of them think about how these numbers came to be? These numbers were introduced to the Western world by the Arabs. Among this, the Arabic Empire made a lot of tremendous improvements in the field of scientific knowledge. By being open-minded and tolerant towards other cultures and science the Arabic Empire made great and numerous improvements in the field of science, ...
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Scientific Improvements Of The Arabic Empire
1,199 words... cts such as the Triquetum. Also the Greeks, Ptolomy, came close to trigonometry but it was actually Al Battani who adopted the sine and cosine ratios which made the creation of the astronomical tables much easier. (Ronan 224) Even though the 9 th through the mid 10 th centuries were times of revolutionary improvements, the late 10 th through the early 12 th centuries were just as important. During this time improvements were made on previous discoveries of the Arabs as well as of course the ...
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7 Th Century Middle East
1,188 wordsWhen I think about music and what I enjoy about it I think about my home country and the music that I have known all my life. Arabic music is my favorite musical styling. Although I have come to enjoy classical and contemporary styling as well, Arabic music has almost an innate quality of enjoyment for me. I am from the Middle-East and I have known Arabic music for the majority of my life. Its songs speak of the life and culture of Arabic countries and its melody is not commonly heard on America...
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Bi Directional Languages Bi Directional Text Left
3,828 wordsIn the languages of the western world based on the Latin, Cyrillic and Greek scripts, there is no difference between how text is stored for data processing and how it is presented on a display or a printer. The text is read on horizontal lines from left to right, the lines progress from top to bottom and the characters are stored in a manner identical to how they are presented. Not all the languages of the world have these characteristics. In this document, complex-text languages are defined as ...
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Writing System Record Keeping
3,944 words... organized only by scanning the text for syllable boundaries. Compared to western writing systems, the composed characters tend to be taller and thinner. A line of Thai text can be considered to be logically divided into four parallel lines: The base line, on which consonants, some vowels, some Thai symbols and Thai numbers are written The line below the base line, used for writing lower vowels and lower diacritics The line above the base line, used for writing upper vowels and upper diacriti...
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Culture Has Contributed Arabic Culture Literature
356 words1. Many would say that the Arabian culture has contributed the most to our culture in the areas of science and philosophy. 2. However they have also contributed much in the area of literature. 3. You can see there influences in the books before you. 1. Possibly the oldest form of Arabian literature are the qaida witch is a kind of lyrical poem that expresses a noble feeling. - These early poems were mainly focused on the poets tribe, family, and self. - Many poets wrote much about descriptions o...
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Holy Quran Holy Ghost
6,004 wordsChapter One: Christian Muslim Responses At the end of the debate - "Christianity and Islam" - which appeared on the SABC-TV program "Cross Questions" on Sunday 5 th June 1983, the Chairman, Mr. Bill Chalmers commented: "I think it can be said from this discussion that there is, at present, somewhat more accommodation on the Islamic side for the founder of Christianity than there is on the Christian side for the founder of Islam. What the significance of that is, we leave it to you, the viewer, t...
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19 Th Century 18 Th Century
825 wordsUnder the Ottoman Empire, the Lebanese enjoyed a social & cultural development phase that was flourishing. The Lebanese Christians kept good ties with the Europeans that would occasionally visit and spread their influence. The Ottoman reform had an impact on every part of the Empire, including a major role in Lebanon. The Muslims recognized the strength and superiority of the western military; therefore they adopted some of the westerners methods. The Muslims feared the western domination, but w...
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General Muhammed Zia Ul Haq Pakistan History
491 wordsQ. Discuss in detail the Islamization programme of General Muhammed Zia-ul-Haq as the president of Pakistan. A. Islamization Programme of General Muhammed Zia-ul-Haq: - Background: - General Muhammed Zia-ul-Haq proclaimed Martial Law in 1977 and assumed the office of the President of the country. The then government had to issue several martial law regulations to effectively control the aggravating situation in the country. There is one strong opinion which has effectively prevailed ov...
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Works Of Literature Literary Techniques
1,385 wordsLiterature and Rhetoric Overview Paper The role of Arabs in the world civilization is closely related to blossom and spread of Islam. Unfortunately, the data concerning pre-Islamic history of literature in Arabian Peninsula is extremely poor and is rich in gaps. However, Arabian literature (predominantly, the poetry) existed before Muhammad (570 - 632). Bedouins contributed to the development of extremely rich and expressive Arabic language. According to the latest data, there are several sample...
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Place Value July 1997
1,578 words... 20 exp 3) + (0 x 20 exp 2) + (0 x 20) + (0 x 1) = 8000 Mayan 1000 is (1 x (18 x 20 exp 2) ) + (0 x (18 x 20) ) + (0 x 20) + (0 x 1) = 7200 The Mayan culture was a viable culture, however primitive, and it might have gone on to greatness in modern times if it had survived the European onslaught. The Europeans brought Smallpox from Europe to the Mayan territory in what is now Music. This decimated the population so that there are few descendants today. We can speculate that they simply never n...
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Men And Women Position Of Women
1,957 wordsThe Islamic Perspective on Women The problem of womens position in Islam is unclear and controversial. All information concerning this subject both printed and online should be judged carefully, because there is a lack of objectivity in all writings. It is accustomed that the rights that women are provided for in the Koran and by the Muhammad added much to the improvement of womens positions in Arabic world in pre-Islamic times. It is known that after the death of the prophet the condition began...
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Muscle Fibers Muscle Tissue
2,119 wordsThe True Side Effects f Sterid's What, exactly, are sterid's? Usually called arabic sterid's, they are synthetic substances similar in chemical structure t the home test sterne. Test sterne is free called the male sex home, but females price it t. In bth sexes, test sterne prices the growth f skeletal muscles, the muscles that are connected t the skeleton and enable a person t me. The muscle-growing property f test sterne is called its arabic effect. In males, test sterne surges car twice in lif...
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Twelfth Century Political Turmoil
2,645 wordsArabic Mathematics Everybody would agree that mathematics owes a great debt to the Arabs. Just as George Sarton, a famous Harvard professor of history and science wrote in his not less famous Introduction to the History of Science: From the second half of the eighth to the end of the eleventh century, Arabic was the scientific, the progressive language of mankind. When the West was sufficiently mature to feel the need of deeper knowledge, it turned its attention, first of all, not to the Greek s...
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Failure Of The Crusader States
2,144 wordsFailure of the Crusader States Within the course of that paper, I will explore one of the most interesting religious and military phenomena of the worlds history the Crusades, or Holy Wars. The common knowledge about the Crusades and Crusaders mostly is presented from the Christian point of view, where the Arabic world is viewed as evil and wrong, and the Crusaders are shown as the noble knights fighting for the just cause. However, the interpretation of the Crusades certainly depends on a lot o...
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Sri Lanka Oxford Companion
4,454 wordsDaudi Bohra English as spoken in Sri Lanka by Tasneem Amirally Akbarally Paper V Standards &# 038; Varieties of English Dr. Manque Gunesekara 1 st November 2001 Daudi Bohra English as spoken in Sri Lanka Just a few centuries ago English was only spoken by about five to seven million people on Britain, which was merely one, relatively small island. The language at that time only consisted of dialects spoken by monolinguals. But the story of English is quite different today. There are more non-nat...
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Jews And Christians Prophet Muhammad
2,738 wordsIn the Name of Allah, most Compassionate, most Merciful Introduction To Islam Islam and Muslims The word Islam is an Arabic word which means submission to the will of God. This word comes from the same root as the Arabic word salam, which means peace. As such, the religion of Islam teaches that in order to achieve true peace of mind and surety of heart, one must submit to God and live according to His Divinely revealed Law. The most important truth that God revealed to mankind is that there is n...
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Jews And Christians Prophet Muhammad
2,777 wordsThe word " Islam" is an Arabic word which means " submission to the will of God" . This word comes from the same root as the Arabic word " salam" , which means " peace" . As such, the religion of Islam teaches that in order to achieve true peace of mind and surety of heart, one must submit to God and live according to His Divinely revealed Law. The most important truth that God revealed to mankind is that there is nothing divine or worthy of being worshipp...
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