Arabs. A people of great warriors, scientists and poets, settled in a territory long inhabited by dozens of tribes. Modern science can judge the existence of many of them only from archaeological data. How did the dynamic history of the Middle East affect the culture, religion and economy of the Arabs? What amazing ancient traditions did they carry through the centuries? How did they preserve national identity? These are just a few of the questions asked which the famous Russian orientalist O.P. answers in his fascinating historical and ethnographic essays. Bibikova.