Concept Unique Identifier (CUI): C0242860

Semantic Type: Idea or Concept

MSH 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)

Synonyms & Abbreviations: (see Synonym Details)

Arab World

External Source Codes:  (none)

Other Properties:

Name	Value	Source
AN	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	MSH
AQL	HI	MSH
DC	1	MSH
DX	19950101	MSH
HN	95	MSH
MDA	19940622	MSH
MMR	19950608	MSH
MN	I01.076.201.450.226.200	MSH
PM	95	MSH
TERMUI	T055508	MSH
TH	NLM (1995)	MSH

Additional Concept Data:  (none)

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