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Cabinets of curiosities
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Cabinets of curiosities
Wunderkammer (German: wonder rooms), or
Kunstkammer (German: art rooms)
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Cabinets of curiosities
قبلما تظهر المتاحف بشكلها الحديث، جانوا بعض أرستقراطيي وملوك¹ أوروبا وفنانيها عدهم غرف خاصة يجمعون بيها اللوحات الثمينة والقطع الأثرية والنادرة. هاي الغرف جانوا يسمّوها غرف العجائب، أو غرف الفن². المتحف البريطاني تأسس بهاي الطريقة: بالأصل جان مجموعة خاصة يمتلكها السير هانز سلون Sir Hans Sloane، بس وصيته تضمنت أنّ بعد وفاته يتم منح مجموعته الخاصة للملك والتصرف بها بصفتها كنز وطني، وهاي جانت نواة المتحف البريطاني.


¹مثل رودولف الثاني ملك الإمبراطورية الرومانية المقدسة.
²بالألماني Wunderkammer و Kunstkammer بالتتابع.
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Cabinets of curiosities
By Frans II Francken
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Cabinets of curiosities
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his gallery in Brussels,
By David Teniers the younger
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Cabinets of curiosities
Baghdad was captured by the British on 11 March 1917. Although it had never been clear as to what purpose the Baghdad campaign was meant to serve in the overall strategy of the world war, the capture of the ancient capital, glamorous from its association with the Arabian Nights, caught the imagination of the new Prime Minister. It brought him cheer at a time when it was badly needed, and inspired him to aim at Jerusalem for Britain’s next great triumph.
The liberation of what he called “the most famous city in the world” was what the Prime Minister had wanted for Christmas; with it, he later wrote, Christendom had been able “to regain possession of its sacred shrines.” The capture of Baghdad and Jerusalem had produced a tremendous psychological effect.
— A Peace To End All Peace
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Baghdad was captured by the British on 11 March 1917. Although it had never been clear as to what purpose the Baghdad campaign was meant to serve in the overall strategy of the world war, the capture of the ancient capital, glamorous from its association with…
The Western fascination with the Orient and its history is a deep sentiment that has historical and religious roots:
Babylon, Egypt, Palestine, Asia Minor, all hold a special place in the mind and heart of the West.

This is because a great part of what the Western civilization was founded on finds its roots in the Orient. Christianity and Judaism and their holy places are all in the Orient. Babylon, Persia, Egypt all have mythical and emotional significance to the West. (Even Greece, the cradle of Europe was not entirely Western, and had deep contacts and connections with the East).
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The Western fascination with the Orient and its history is a deep sentiment that has historical and religious roots: Babylon, Egypt, Palestine, Asia Minor, all hold a special place in the mind and heart of the West. This is because a great part of what the…
دائمًا ما يُنظَر لبلاد الشرق بأنها ذات سحر خاص وتاريخ عميق، إذ أسَرَت الفِكر الأوروبي قديمِه وحديثِه. لهذا ارتدى الإسكندر المقدوني الأُرجوان الفارسي عندما احتلّ فارس وأراد أنْ يجعل بابل عاصمة إمبراطوريته الواسعة (وانتقده جنوده لأجل ذلك). ولهذا كان اليونان يرون في مصر، وهي القديمة قِدَمَ التاريخ، حضارةً أعرقَ مِن حضارتهم. ولهذا أيضًا نرى الحرب على طروادة وتدخلات آلهة الأوليمبوس تجري أحداثها في آسيا الصغرى (تركيا الحالية) وليس في أوروبا. بالنسبة للغرب، صحارى الشرق وواحاته دائمًا ما كانت بلاد السِحر والوحي وأساطير الخلق.