Islamic
There are 111 items in Islamic:
Issus (Kinet Höyük), Medieval comb |
Jerusalem
Jerusalem: capital of Judah or Judaea, sacred city of Judaism.Location Jerusalem in c. 70 CE "David's City": between Kidron valley with Gihon…
Jerusalem, Dome of the Rock |
Lepcis Magna: Late Antiquity
Crisis Dedication to Arcadius (Severan Forum) After the reign of Septimius Severus, there is a sudden decline in urban investment. There are…Luxenberg Thesis
Luxenberg Thesis: the idea that Islam originated as a Monophysite Christian sect in eastern Syria. It assumes that the Quran was not written in Arabic but in Syriac-Arabic, which in turn presupposes that there has been a time in which…
The battlefield of Manzikert |
Maracanda
Maracanda: ancient name of Samarkand. The citadel of Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory Situated on the banks of the river Saravšan, Maracanda…Muhammad
Messiah (mâšîah, "the anointed one"): Jewish religious concept, a future savior who will, in some sense, come to restore Israel. The nature of both the Messiah and the restoration was a matter of debate, and there were several claimants.Muhammad Jewish and Christian texts describing the rise…
Nahr al-Kalb, Inscription by sultan Barquq |
Naustathmus (Ras al-Hillal)
Ras al-Hillal: promontory in the Cyrenaica, best-known for its Byzantine church. Its ancient name is Naustathmus. Byzantine church The promontory that was…Nisibis (Nusaybin)
Nisibis (Greek Νίσιβις; modern Nusaybin): ancient town in Mesopotamia, famous for its late-Roman school.Early History Nisibis, Church of Mar Jacob Situated along…Paris, Institut du monde arabe
Institute for the study of the Arabian world, with a very nice museum. Antiquities from all over the ancient Near East and the Maghreb. There are 4 items in…