Bibliotheca Alexandrina Courses

Ancient Egyptian Civilization

4.3

We will examine the role of Egyptian women and their positions as monarchs and goddesses, the invention of papyrus and Egypt’s first writings as well as ancient Egypt’s achievements in medicine. There will also be a brief summary of the famous architecture of ancient Egypt including pyramids, tombs and temples.

Modern Literature of Alexandria

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Perhaps more than any other city, Alexandria has achieved a legendary literary status, and, in the twentieth-century in particular, has had writers of different nationalities immortalize it in literature.In this course, we will explore the works of some writers whose names are associated with Alexandria, regardless of whether they were Alexandrians themselves or not. The writers we will discuss are C. P. Cavafy, E. M. Forster, Lawrence Durrell, Edwar al Kharrat, Ibrahim Abdel Meguid, Jaqueline Carol and Harry Tzalas.The aim is to look at writers who bore different relations to the city: Alexandrians of foreign origins (Greek and Lebanese), Egyptian Alexandrians (an Orthodox Christian Copt and a Muslim) and foreigners who were only passing through (British), to explore how he or she represented the city in their works, or how Alexandria influenced their writing.

The Journey of Writing and Scripts in Egypt

3.8

In this history course, you will learn about the diversity and multilingualism that existed in Egypt, and how it had a bearing on the history of the country and its people.Through the introduction of new languages, Egyptians learned to interact with scripts, cultures and peoples.The plurality of languages and writing that Egypt witnessed along its history, gave rise to one of the most cosmopolitan melting pots in the ancient world. And although the peak of Egyptian multilingualism was in the Ptolemaic period [323-30 BCE], the country witnessed, in the pre-Ptolemaic period, the appearance of different foreign languages in official and public spheres.Unit One: IntroductionLesson One: General OverviewLesson Two:  Early Inscriptions and Writings in Ancient EgyptLesson Three: What is Hieroglyphic?Lesson Four: The Development of Ancient Egyptian Language     Unit Two: Forms and Different Types of Writing in Ancient EgyptLesson One: HieraticLesson Two: DemoticLesson Three: CopticLesson Four: CuneiformLesson Five: ProtosinaiticUnit Three: Scripts of Foreign Communities in EgyptLesson One: The Greek LanguageLesson Two: The Carian LanguageLesson Three: Aramaic Inscriptions in EgyptLesson Four: Hebrew Inscriptions in EgyptLesson Five: Amharic and Armenian Inscriptions in Egypt Lesson Six: Syriac InscriptionsLesson Seven: Tifinagh and Meroitic InscriptionsUnit Four: Writing and Scripts in Modern Egypt             Lesson One: The Origin of Arabic ScriptLesson Two: Arabic InscriptionsLesson Three: The Turkish Language in EgyptLesson Four: Persian, Italian and French

The Legacy of Islamic Civilization

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Learn about Muslim civilization and its valuable contributions and role in the revival of the Greek Classics.This is not a course about Islam or the Islamic civilization, it is a brief overview and a basic introduction to the achievements of Muslim civilization in the fields of physics, biology, mathematics, architecture and astronomy in a concise manner.Unit One: The Emergence of IslamLesson One - An Introduction to the Emergence of IslamLesson Two - A Brief Summary of the Major Expansions by the Rashidun and the UmayyadsLesson Three - The Diversity of Muslim SocietiesUnit Two: Islamic AwakeningLesson One - Islam and ScienceLesson Two - A Brief Introduction to the Contributions of Muslim Scholars.Lesson Three - An Overview of the History of Science in the Muslim World, Part OneLesson Four - An Overview of the History of Science in the Muslim World, Part TwoUnit Three: Muslim ScientistsLesson One - Astronomers and Mathematicians: Ibn Al-Haytham and Al-TusiLesson Two - Physicians: Ibn Al-Nafis and Ibn SinaLesson Three - Philosophers: Al-Kindi and Ibn RushdUnit Four: Islamic Architecture Plus an Overview of the Influence of Islamic CivilizationLesson One: Islamic Architecture ILesson Two: Islamic Architecture IILesson Three: The Influence of the Islamic Civilization on the WestLesson Four: Areas of Influence