Biography Category
works of art and architecture created in countries where Islam has been dominant and embodying Muslim precepts in its themes.
Background
In the cent...
(härm ´d s, âr´´ st j ´t n) (KEY) , d. c.514 B.C., Athenian tyrannicides. Provoked by a personal quarrel, the two friends planned to assassinat...
( sh´ ) (KEY) , in the Bible. 1, 2 Judahites. 3 Manassite. 4 Simeonite whose sons fought at Mt. Seir. 5 The name Ishi with the meaning “my husbandâ...
subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages that may be divided into two groups. The first group consists of the ancient Italic languages and d...
( släm´, s´läm) (KEY) , [Arab.,=submission to God], world religion founded by the Prophet Muhammad. Founded in the 7th cent., Islam is the younge...
( s´ rl s) (KEY) , c.1525–1572, Polish rabbi, annotator, and philosopher, b. Kraków, known as Remah. He is best known for his glosses on the code ...