Curated category
Orientalism
- OrientalismThe word orient entered the English language as the Middle French orient in the late medieval period. Geoffrey Chaucer wrote about conquering many great…
- Die Entführung aus dem SerailIn the western Mediterranean, North African Barbary corsairs hijacked ships belonging to Christian states under the pretext of jihad.
- OrientThe Latin word oriens means rising, a simple verb that became the name for the East. Ancient temples in Jerusalem and Rome often faced east to greet the…