Photograph by AKG/Album Early Muslim medicine drew on traditional practices from the region, some dating back to ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Babylon in the third millennium B.C. Traditional ...

A Tale of Two CitiesIn the grand historical narrative of the Islamic world, two cities have stood out as dominant forces: ...

starting from ancient times and the presence of Zoroastrianism up through the spread of Islam and then into the modern day, Dr. Menahem Merhavy of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Harry S.

In Islam, the historian chronicles the religion’s 1,400–year evolution through profiles of figures who showcase its diversity. Why is a new history of Islam particularly relevant now?