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1 timestamped hit 1 source reading 1 extracted note Newest source: 2025-03-11, day precision Aliases: arabian-night

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Arabian Nights

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...we still have today from the Islamic Golden Age is the Arabian Nights. OK. OK. So, scholars have looked at this very closely, and..."

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...we still have today from the Islamic Golden Age is the Arabian Nights. OK. OK. So, scholars have looked at this very closely, and..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: Islam As Proto-Modernity (2025-03-11, day precision).

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Jiang argues that European culture later fell in love with stories from the Islamic Golden Age, including Arabian Nights, even though those stories were not the high art of the Muslim world at the time.

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Islam As Proto-Modernity

2025-03-11, day precision · Civilization #37: The Golden Age of Islam

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"...we still have today from the Islamic Golden Age is the Arabian Nights. OK. OK. So, scholars have looked at this very closely, and..."

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