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Was there a stated reason for the evacuation of Israeli settlers from the Gaza strip?
In 2005 the Israeli disengagement from Gaza took place. During this process of disengagement, the Israeli settlers within the Gaza strip were taken out of the Gaza strip (by command or by force).
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What is the historical explanation behind the name of the French village Ramatuelle?
A village in France is called Ramatuelle.
Is that true that the name of the town comes from the Arabic word Rahmatu-Allah رحمة الله which means "the Mercy of God"?
How does a village in ...
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Why does Retsö claim that only members/clients of Arabian tribes were considered "real Muslims" in the Umayyad Caliphate before 750?
In his book "The Arabs in Antiquity: Their History from the Assyrians to the Umayyads", Professor Jan Retsö writes:
The conflicts were aggravated by the fact that the tribes identified
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What was the population of the Umayyad Caliphate in 750 CE?
What was the population of the Umayyad Caliphate at its greatest extent (750 CE)?
According to Wikipedia it was 22 million.
According to other various sources / websites it was 62 million (wikipedia ...
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How did philosophical and scientific knowledge in Christian Europe in 1085 compare to the body of knowledge contained in the library of Toledo?
In 1085, Moorish Toledo was conquered by Alfonso VI.
According to prof. Robert Sapolsky (he is a primatologist and neurobiologist, but usually all information he gives is very reliable), at the time ...
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Is there any known pre-twentieth century history of the tomb of Sidi Rezegh?
Is there any known pre-twentieth century history of the tomb of Sidi Rezegh?
A variant spelling is Sidi Rizq from سيدي رزق at 31.8287°N, 24.1345°E in Al Butnan province, Libya near Tobruk and Al Adm.
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What was the reason the Maronites lobbied for a state of Greater Lebanon?
I'm currently reading A House of Many Mansions: The History of Lebanon Reconsidered (1988) by Kamal Salibi. In the first chapter he argues that it was initially the Christian minorities of historic ...
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Is there a list of all resolutions made by the Arab League?
I was interested in looking at all the resolutions that were made by the Arab League. I have found a list of sessions made by the Jewish Virtual Library, however I was wondering if there is a compiled ...
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Libya: Did Gaddafi forbid locks in private homes and order people to swap jobs?
After reading "The Arab of the Future", which I enjoyed and recommend.
The author mentions two unusual things about his childhood in Libya.
1) Gaddafi forbade private property and locking home doors....
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Did the Arab League create a Joint Defense Council and a Permanent Military Commission?
Were the Arab League's Joint Defense Council and the Permanent Military Commission ever created?
There seems to be a lack of information concerning this topic on the internet, but by the Treaty of ...
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How widespread was the Arabic Language in Syria before Islamic conquest?
Before the Islamic conquest of Syria and the whole Levant, how widespread was the use of the Arabic language there? Are there any resources show what the percentage of Arabic in that region is as well?...
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What is the source for the Arabic name of the penguin and when it is first used?
During Vasco da Gama's trip to the south of Africa, they discovered birds never seen by European eyes before which became named as penguins in most of the European languages. But in the Arabic ...
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Can an average Arab read the Arabic of 1000 years ago? [closed]
I am Chinese and I have difficulty reading Chinese texts from 1000 years ago. The average Chinese would find it even more difficult than me. The point is that, about 100 years ago, there was a ...
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Why did the pre-Islamic Arabs identify themselves as descendents of Ishmael?
There's a tradition that the Arabs are descended from Ishmael, son of Abraham. Before Islam, the Arabs did not believe in Yahweh but had their own, polytheistic religions. So why did they have a ...
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How did Muhammad bin Qasim die?
The wikipedia page about Muhammad bin Qasim says:
According to Al-Baladhuri, a 9th-century Persian historian, Qasim was
killed due to a family feud with the governor of Iraq. After the death
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What disruptions were brought about by Islam that the Arabians saw so many victories?
The Rashidun Caliphate had its inception with the advent of Islam. It was situated amidst two of the most formidable empires of the known world: The Byzantine Empire and The Sassanid Empire.
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How did Urdun come to be called Jordan?
In the Middle East, everybody calls this country something more like "Urdun" or "Ordon". How did it come to be called "Jordan" in the West? What is the history of the name of this country?
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Did the local population in North Africa resent the presence of the Germans during the Second World War?
During the Second World War, did the Arabs of North Africa care at all that the Germans were invading their countries, or did they think that there was no difference between the Germans and France and ...
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When did it become openly known that Wilson supported the Balfour Declaration?
According to this source he agreed with the declaration about one month before it was published.
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1878450?uid=3738984&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&...
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What is the origin of the Arabs in pre-Islamic Yemen and Arabia?
Genetically speaking, who are the pre-Islamic Arab tribes who lived in Yemen and Arabia in many centuries B.C. closest to? Where did the first Arab settlers in Yemen come from? I know that Arabs claim ...
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Nejd (Saudi Arabia) and the Arab Revolt
Did Nejd (Saudi Arabia) actually engage the Ottoman Empire during WWI or did they just fight al Rashid (Jabal Shammer), who was loyal to the Ottomans?
Did al Rashid fight the Allied forces?
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Did Arabs actually raise a red flag on the dome of their commander's marquee during the Haraam months?
This answer to the question What is the purpose of putting a red flag on the dome of Hussain ibn Ali(as)'s shrine? states that if Arabs were at war with each other, during the Haraam months there ...
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Why was the Ottoman empire not seen as an Arabic empire?
Here is the maximum extent of the Ottoman Empire (circa 1590):
Here is the propagation of Arabic culture, prior to the modern era:
As you can see there is quite an overlap.
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Why did post-colonial Arabs fail to advance in science and technology? [closed]
Why did post-colonial Arabs fail to advance in science and technology?
For example, Israel was much younger than Egypt, but, it become a world leader in science and technology.
What factors ...
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Why did the Arab League re-admit Egypt in 1989?
During the years 1979-1989, Egypt was suspended from the Arab League
in the wake of President Anwar Sadat's visit to Jerusalem and 1978
Camp David Peace Accords between Egypt and Israel. (See also:...
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