Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, &amp;amp; Africa: An Encyclopedia

Asaad Al-Saleh

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Entertainment: Prehistory to 1250: Middle East

By: Asaad Al-Saleh
In:Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia
Chapter DOI:https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458
Subject:Sociology of Culture, Area Studies (general), Social & Cultural Anthropology
Keywords:dance; entertainments; festivals; gods; Qur'an; temples; wine

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A survey of premodern entertainment in the Middle East shows that it took different forms and that it has some regional variations. It is noteworthy that our concept of modern entertainment as being an industry did not exist in the ancient ...

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  Al-Saleh, A. (2012). Entertainment: prehistory to 1250: middle east. In Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia (Vol. 4, pp. I52-I53). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458
  
  Al-Saleh, Asaad. "Entertainment: Prehistory to 1250: Middle East." In Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia, edited by Al-Saleh, Asaad, I52-I53. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.
  
  Al-Saleh, A. 2012. Entertainment: Prehistory to 1250: Middle East. In: Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia. Asaad Al-Saleh Editor, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. I52-I53 Available at: <https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458> [Accessed 11 Dec 2023].
  
  Al-Saleh, Asaad. "Entertainment: Prehistory to 1250: Middle East." Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Vol. 4. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012, pp. I52-I53. Sage Knowledge, doi: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.
  
  Al-Saleh, Asaad. Entertainment: prehistory to 1250: middle east. In Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2012: I52-I53. doi:10.4135/9781452218458
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