Science Square (Issue 169)
The Forgotten History of Sleeping in Two Shifts Zaria Gorvett. The forgotten medieval habit of ‘two sleeps’. BBC,…
History
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From Stone Walls to Mental Barriers: Reflections on Venice’s Ghetto and the Enduring Challenge of Human Diversity
The morning mist still clung to the canals as I crossed the Ponte delle Guglie, making my way…
The Camel vs. The Wheel in Creating Wealth in the Islamic Empire
Traditional wisdom holds the wheel to be one of mankind’s cleverest inventions and the camel to be one…
A Genuine Tolerance
For more than six hundred years, from 1300 until 1922, the Ottoman Empire ruled over a religiously diverse…
Ibn al-Haytham’s Vision
He does not have a familiar name like Nicolaus Copernicus, Roger Bacon, or Galileo, but Ibn al-Haytham’s name…
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The Orientalists – Part 2
In Xanadu: A Quest, William Dalrymple’s first book, is a work that amassed critical acclaim from the likes…
Do All Roads Lead to Samarkand?
For lust of knowing what should not be known/ We take the Golden Road to Samarkand. [[1]] The…
Through A Mirror Brightly
Historians and other students of history will look back at the 21st century and see that it passed…
The Alhambra – A Palace Layered with Ornament
“But the building’s identity resided in the ornament.” These words, from architect Louis Sullivan, are an apt description…
A History of Science in World Cultures – Interview with Alok Kumar
Alok Kumar is professor of physics at the State University of New York, Oswego. His publications include Science…
Church of Mary
In his book, The Culture of Ambiguity: Another History of Islam, the contemporary Islamic scholar Thomas Bauer wrote:…
Globetrotters of the Middle Ages
Sain bina, dear readers! As-Salamu Alaikum! Or would you prefer Hello? With this multilingual welcome I hope to…
How Fair Are We When Looking into the Past
I remember that in fourth grade one of my classmates was impersonating George Washington, the first president of…
Piri Reis and His World Map
Piri Reis was the founder of Turkish cartography. From a Turkish family who immigrated to Gallipoli from Karaman…