Preferred Label : arab world;
MeSH 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);
MeSH annotation : 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;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab world;
Origin ID : D018643;
UMLS CUI : C0242860;
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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)
