Arab World [arabská civilizace]

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Definition

A historical and cultural entity dispersed across a wide geographical area under the administrative, intellectual, social, and cultural domination of the Arab empire. The Arab world, under the impetus of Islam, by the eighth century A.D., extended from Arabia in the Middle East to all of northern Africa, southern Spain, Sardinia, and Sicily. Close contact was maintained with Greek and Jewish culture. While the principal service of the Arabs to medicine was the preservation of Greek culture, the Arabs themselves were the originators of algebra, chemistry, geology, and many of the refinements of civilization. (From A. Castiglioni, A History of Medicine, 2d ed, p260; from F. H. Garrison, An Introduction to the History of Medicine, 4th ed, p126)

Annotation
note category; lands & peoples under influence of Arab civilization & culture; IM; not restricted to hist articles; do not confuse with ARABIA, a Category Z hist geog term
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D018643 MeSH Browser
CUI
M0027935
History note
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Public note
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HI
history 1

I Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
I01.076 Anthropology 565
I01.076.201 Anthropology, Cultural 284
I01.076.201.450 Culture 545
I01.076.201.450.226 Civilization 219
I01.076.201.450.226.200 Arab World 4
I01.076.201.450.226.800 Western World 31
I02 Education 4 680