“People of All Tongues”: Teaching the Continuity of Religious Diversity in Dar al-Islam

Teaching historical continuity is always more challenging than teaching change. Primary sources tend to discuss what’s new rather than what has stayed the same. Despite the many changes to who governed the Middle East over time, the region has historically been a place where different religious communities lived side by side. If we focus on Jerusalem around 1200, we can help students see how multiple religious communities continued to live side by side and shape the city.

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