Arab Middle East Culture Inventory List
Please use this list to check off items before returning the kit to Milner Library.
Box – Part 1
Booklets
Arabic Alphabet in Plastic Cover
Date Palms & Life in Bahrain (written in Arabic)
Qatar National Museum Marine Section
Books
Ancient Civilizations (Whole Language Theme Unit) (grades 4-6)
Arabic Children’s Book (read back to front, right to left)
Eyewitness Books: Bible Lands
Getting to Know Saudi Arabia
Teacher’s Manual (blue 3-ring binder)
Zoobooks: Camels
Cards (in 1 pkg)
Christmas Cards (2) (Bahraini)
- Merry Christmas and Happy New Years (man on camel in foreground)
- Season’s Greetings (2 ships on beach, men by the water)
Postcards (7) (Bahrain) (in small flip photo album)
- Aerial View (Manama, Bahrain)
- Amir of Bahrain w/Guests: Charles, Diana, & 1 Other Man
- Basket Maker
- Camel Racing
- Museum Exhibits
- Trained Falcon
- Wednesday Bazaar
Data Foldouts (8) (in plastic envelope)
Writing and Numbering Systems
Magazines
Aramco World (2 individual binders, 3 articles total) (blue)
Dig (1 article)
National Geographic (8 individual binders, 8 articles total)
Mounted Pictures
Ancient Mesopotamia (23)
- The Ambassador From King Midas Marvels at the Wealth of Sargon’s General
- Assyria Gains the Upper Hand Over Babylonia
- The Assyrian Military Camp Was No Place for Idlers
- A Babylonian Procession Greets the New Year
- A Dead Assyrian is Furnished with Provisions for the Beyond
- Even the Gods Were Guided by Democracy
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Mounted Pictures cont’d
- The Great Hammurabi Keeps An Eye on Taxes
- How Seal Engraving Led to the Invention of Writing
- A Huge Guardian Statue Is Hauled Up the Slopes of Nineveh
- The Introduction of Copper Ushers In a New Era
- Justice Catches Up With a Corrupt Magistrate
- The Law Protects Zealously the Institution of Marriage
- Man Helps Build Southern Mesopotamia
- Medicine Teams Up With Religion and Magic
- A Mock King-For-A-Day Stays On to Rule For a Lifetime
- Modernized Warfare Was Known 45 Centuries Ago
- Prehistoric Man Had Much to Occupy Him
- A Prosperous Babylonian Matron Shops for a Slave Girl
- Queen Mother Naqiya-Zakutu Nips a Revolt in the Bud
- The Royal Tombs of Ur Hide a Grim Secret
- The Temple Courtyard Was the Scene of Varied Pursuits
- This Northern Acropolis Was Buried Under 12 Settlements
- To the Victorious Assyrians Belong the Spoils
Newspapers
Iran Times (March 3, 2000) (16 pages)
The Jerusalem Post (March 3, 2000) (32 pages)
Realia
Bahraini Calendars (3)
Baharaini Finjan (coffe/tea cup) (no saucer used)
Baharaini Man’s Thobes for Casual Wear (blue & gray)
Bahraini Woman’s Jellabah (purple and green caftan)
Bahraini Woman’s Lavender Dress (Punjabi style)
Bedouin Coffee Pot & Tray (Jordan & Saudi Arabia )
Ethnic Dolls (2) (made by Arabs on the West Bank)
Frankincense (aromatic gum resin) (Oman)
Jordanian Tea Saucer to Accompany Tea Glass
Jordanian Woman’s Jellabah (green caftan)
Moslem Prayer Beads
Saudi Arabian Money (2 coins)
Saudi Arabian Postage (2 stamps)
Pillow (colorful) (Bahrain)
Wall Hanging (rug)
Wooden Inlaid Box (Syria)
Worry Beads (Saudi Arabia)
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Box – Part 2
Books
Cradle of Civilization (Great Ages of Man)
Early Islam (Great Ages of Man)
The First Cities
The First Farmers
The Koran
When You Spread the Table Contentions Will Cease (Israeli recipe book)
Magazines
Cobblestone (1 article)
National Geographic (6 individual binders, 6 articles total)
Pictures
Iraq (3)
- Caravan With Wool for Bagdad, Mesopotamia
- Irrigation On the Euphrates, Where Men Have Toiled Since Adam
- The Pontoon Bridge Across the Tigris River at Bagdad
Saudia Arabia (25)
- Are You the Boss?
- Asir Province
- Big Order
- Bird’s Eye View
- Capital City
- Chief Red Sea Port
- A Christmas Tree!
- Coffee Service (Saudi Arabian Bedouin serving coffee)
- Cooperative Effort
- Descending Dunes
- The Fight Against Trachoma
- Food and Crude
- Holy Ka’ba
- The Mosque of the Prophet
- Not Sleepy Now
- Over 1,000,000 Barrel Cargo
- Persian Gulf Landing
- Plenty of Water
- Potential Wilt Chamberlains
- Power For an Ancient City
- Serpentine Link
- Seven Men on Camels Riding Past Trees and Group of Buildings
- Sharp Teeth, Sharp Bite
- The Three R’s
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Pictures cont’d
- You’re On Camera
Realia
Arab Woman’s Dressy Head Covering for Holiday Occasions (Bahrain)
Bahraini Boy’s White Thobe (stand-up collar w/two buttons)
Bahraini Currency (2 bills; half dinar & one dinar)
Bahraini Girl’s Modern Black Scarf
Bahraini Girl’s Party Outfit (Pakistani-style, shirwal chemise blue top & pants)
Bahraini Man’s Headdress (gutra & aqil) (in pkg w/Moslem Man’s cap)
Bahraini Postage Stamps (6)
Bahraini Woman’s Jellabah (yellow/green, general Arab style)
Bahraini Woman’s Outfit (Rajasthani style red top, white pants, red & white scarf)
Copper Tray (large, decorative) (Jordan)
Decorative Wooden Box (Cyprus)
Flag (Saudi Arabia) (5 ½” X 4”)
Flags of the Middle East (8) (miniature)
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Lebanon
- Saudi Arabia
- Syria
- Turkey
- Yemen
Moslem Man’s/Boy’s White Skull Cap (Bahrain) (in pkg w/Bahraini man’s
headdress)
Omani Man’s/Boy’s White Thobe (tassel decoration)
Pillow (colorful) (Bahrain)
Turkish Currency (one kurus coin)
Typical Foods & Spices of the Arab Middle East (11) (in 1 pkg)
- Barley
- Cardamon
- Chick Peas
- Cinnamon
- Cloves
- Coffee (Jordan)
- Dates
- Figs
- Juniper Berries
- Lentils
- Zatar (Jordan)
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Bag – Part 3
Brochures and Pamphlets
Everyday Life in Bible Times (advertisement, 2-sided)
Bahrain National Museum Pamphlet (written in Arabic) (man weaving/map)
Maps
Early Civilizations in the Middle East / Eastern Mediterranean
Historic Mediterranean / The Mediterranean Sea Floor
Holy Land / Holy Land
The Old City: Jerusalem / Jerusalem
Peoples of the Middle East / A Cultural Map of the Middle East
States in Turmoil: The Middle East / The Middle East
Two Centuries of Conflict in the Middle East / Mideast in Turmoil
Postcards (3)
Blue Mosque (Istanbul, Turkey)
Camel Race (UAE)
Saudi Arabia
Posters
Archaeology: Gold Bull Head, Sumeria
The Code of Hammurabi
First Civilizations / Ancient Rome
Gifts of Mesopotamia
Israel
Rhazes and Arabic Medicine
From Aramco (14)
- Arabian Animals
- An Arabian Oasis
- Arabian Peninsula
- Arabs and Arithmetic
- Children in Arabia
- Farming in Saudi Arabia
- Sand Control in Saudi Arabia
- A Saudi Arab’s Wardrobe
- Saudi Arabia
- Schools in Arabia
- Sea of History
- The Story of Arabian Medicine
- The Useful Camel
Turkey (little girl carrying another little girl)
Turkey (Turkish child picking grapes)
The World in Conflict: The Palestinian Question
The World in Conflict: The Persian Gulf
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Posters cont’d
Environment: Oil
History of Iraq
Iraq
Mecca the Venerable
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