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What is the origin of the names of planets in Arabic?
These are very confusing, even for Latin ones and all are still full of uncertainties and speculation, apparently stemming from quite some influence asserted cross-culturally and confusion among the ...
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How widespread was the Arabic Language in Syria before Islamic conquest?
To address Mark C Wallace's point, being ethnically Arabic and speaking the Arabic language are not the same thing. Arabic people existed long before the language we now call Arabic developed, albeit ...
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What was the population of late Pre-Islamic Arabia and the population of Arabic speakers before Islam?
According to Colin McEvedy and Richard Jones, at the beginning of the Christian era it was about 2 million, and in the next 2 pairs of centuries it geometrically rose to about 2 2/3 million, then ...
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What was Muhammad's religion before becoming a Muslim prophet?
Firstly, there's no documentation or archaeological data available regarding the matter in question. Arabs of that time were mostly illiterate. There were extremely few individuals who could read and ...
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What was Asir's role in the Arab Revolt?
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Asir revolts against Ottoman rule started in 1904 and continued during the 1916-18 Arab Revolt. The revolts were (initially, at least) primarily about gaining self-government, being rid ...
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Military training in the Hijaz during early Islamic era
Hijaz
Hijaz only a small part of Arabian Peninsula situated on Eastern bank of the Red sea. Arab groups understandably varied in their laws and customs throughout the region.
Who was the Power in ...
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Why was communism at odds with pan-Arabism?
The simple answer is Pan-Arabism is not opposed to nationalism. It is opposed to national borders established by the West, but not the idea that they were one people and should have one united nation -...
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A zoo during the rule of Omayyad or Abbasid dynasty?
I am afraid that this might only be a legend. From historical sources, we know that Zoos existed since ancient times as Menageries.
First such instance would be in Heirakonpolis, Egypt which existed ...
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Did nomadic Bedouins outnumber sedentary Arabs in 7th century Arabian peninsula?
There was much more settled population than nomadic one. Also, there was more Arab population than Bedouin.
First, the Arabian peninsula has only one population center, the Hijaz, which is barely ...
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Did the slave trade from Africa to the Middle East decline during the 20th century?
Officially, the African leg of the Arab slave trade ended in 1923 when Ethiopia, one of the last countries where slavery was legal, definitely outlawed it after years of incremental legislation ...
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What happend to the other Kaabas?
Not sure if this is what you're wondering about, but from Will Durant's The Age of Faith (1950), page 161:
In the belief of orthodox Moslems, the Kaaba was built or rebuilt ten times. The first was ...
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How widespread was the Arabic Language in Syria before Islamic conquest?
Greek was the language of the ruling elite and Aramaic (or "Syriac") was widespread among the peasantry. However, Arabic was also widely spoken throughout Greater Syria, since there were ...
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Why was communism at odds with pan-Arabism?
Pan-Arabism is an ideology espousing the unification of the countries of North Africa and West Asia from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arabian Sea, referred to as the Arab world. It is closely connected ...
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How did Bedouins exercise tribal governance?
Bedouin refers to people who make their living by means of stock raising, specifically on the marginal steppe lands not suited to sedentary agriculture. Their characteristic behavior is to take their ...
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Were the Hashemite kings of Iraq and Transjordan considered foreign?
During that time, Pan-Arabism was in fashion in the Arabic world. The lineage of these rulers going back to the clan of the prophet Mohamed of Islam was a plus.
Arab countries were trying to unite ...
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Is the Lebanese town of Nabatieh related in any way to the ancient Nabatean Civilization?
The Nabateans had an empire from the 4th century BC. They were an Arab nomadic tribe that settled in what is now Jordan. They expanded Northward through Syria. According to the maps I looked at they ...
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Were the Hashemite kings of Iraq and Transjordan considered foreign?
I will reword and answer the question as, "How well accepted were the Hashemite Kings in that the British imposed on Transjordan and Iraq after World War I?" Because the answers are rather different.
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Why was communism at odds with pan-Arabism?
Communism sets to replace religion as well as national identity with itself.
Pan-Arabism sets to establish religion (Islam) and a single regional (if not necessarily national) identity, Arab culture.
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To what extent did the "Arab Spring" protesters meet their goals?
I think even now about 4 or 5 years later it is too early to give a clear answer of the Question.
As for example in neither Syria, Libya, Egypt, Bahrain nor Yemen we have a really positive change of ...
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