Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya Al-Razi (d. ca. 925) was one of the greatest clinicians…
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During ancient times the lands now comprising Iraq were know as Mesopotamia (“Land Between the…
The earliest Muslims in China were traders who came to the south eastern ports as…
Music has inspired Islamic artists to depict musicians and dancers in all media. Dancers are…
In the Islamic world, book collections were initially linked to religious collection – in mosques…
Libraries have existed for a long time, dating back to at least the third millennium…
Abu Nasr al-Farabi was born around 870 CE in eastern Iran. After completing his early…
The Game of Knowledge, teaches the players about Islam. The players embark on journeys during…
Prophet Muhammad was born around 570 CE in Mecca. His father had died before his…
Ibn Al-Haytham (965-1039), known as Alhazen in the West, was a philosopher, physicist, and mathematician.…
“Even after the Ismaili Imams began to rule as Fatimid caliphs in Cairo, Syria continued…
Umar Khayyam, an Islamic poet, and mathematician, was born around 1048 in Nishapur, a prominent…
Al-Biruni, was born in 973 in Khwarizm, Uzbekistan. His father, a distinguished mathematician and astronomer,…
Elaborate example of filigree and granulation work from the Fatimid period. This pair of earrings…
The Ottomans (r.1299-1923), a Turkish dynasty, controlled much of South-eastern Europe, the Near and the…