Global Connections . Culture - PBS
The Middle East is the birthplace of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, all monotheistic religions that grew from the same tradition. Each religion used the texts from earlier groups, and so they ...
Global Connections . Geography - PBS
The "Middle East" is a term derived from a European perspective. For 19th-century Europeans, the Middle East was differentiated from India and the Far East (Southeast Asia and China).
Global Connections . Religion - PBS
Many early Christian saints lived in the Middle East. The tradition of asceticism (denial of physical pleasures in order to come closer to God) developed first in the Middle East, and the monastic ...
A Portrait Of Jesus' World - Hellenistic Culture - PBS
Hellenistic Culture ... The Hellenistic world is that world that was created after the conquests of the near east by Alexander the Great at the end of the fourth century B.C. ... By the middle of ...
Global Connections . Stereotypes - PBS
While it's true that there are those in the Middle East who mistrust extremes of Western cultural influence and want to protect local cultural norms and practices, many Muslims want to adopt …
Global Connections . Roles of Women - PBS
Within Islam, head coverings vary by culture. They range from loose scarves to veils and full-length coverings, such as the burqa worn by many Afghan women. There is also a new style …
A Portrait Of Jesus' World - Jews And The Roman Empire - PBS
On the other hand, the archaeologists who looked at the events were looking to make that story - "Masada shall not fall," [is] a phrase of modern interpretive history - to make those events, and ...
How Arab women are changing the face of journalism in the …
2019年8月26日 · A new book called “Our Women on the Ground: Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World” shares the stories of female journalists working in the Middle East. The editor, …
Global Connections . Natural Resources - PBS
The Middle East is similarly disproportionately rich in natural gas (32 percent of the world's known natural gas reserves are in the region) and phosphate (Morocco alone has more than half of …
A Map of Gender-Diverse Cultures | Independent Lens - PBS
Likewise, within Jewish culture and law, as many as eight genders have been historically recognized, and in diverse ways. Take a tour with this world map, and learn how many …