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Afghanistan and the Silk Road Map Project (lesson)
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How to Identify a Buddha
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What is Asia?
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An Introduction to Arabic Script
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The Life of the Buddha
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An Introduction to Islam
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An Introduction to the Qu'ran
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Becoming a Master Islamic Calligrapher
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Create a Personal Murakkaalar (activity)
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Islamic Calligraphy: Materials and Tools
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The History of Islamic Calligraphy
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An Introduction to the Geography of the Persian World and West Asia
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Gathering Goods for the Marketplace (lesson)
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What are the main branches of Buddhism?
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Zoomorphic Calligraphy (activity)
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Zoomorphic Calligraphy and Virtuous Qualities (activity)
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Artful Storytelling (lesson)
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Create a Personal Kit’alar (activity)
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Fold a Paper Lotus Flower (activity)
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New Year Investigations: Tablescapes (lesson)
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Arts of the Islamic World
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Detection of Fakes and Copies
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New Year Celebrations: Nowruz
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Nowruz: Out with the Old in with the New (lesson)
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Ottoman Art
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Plate Made for Mas’ud Mirza Zill al-Sultan of Persia, 1879
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Roots of Hinduism
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The Ottomans
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Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul (iTunes U)
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Amir Hamzah, uncle of the Prophet Muhammad, spreader of Islam, and hero of the Serat Menak
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An Introduction to Sufism
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