Arab and Islamic contributions to European civilization / Rifaat Y. Ebied -- TB and its treatment in medieval Islam / J. Derek Latham -- Al-Tibb al-Nabawi : the prophet's medicine / Ghada Karmi -- Early Arabic cuisine : the evidence from medieval Arabic medical texts / Ghada Karmi -- Science and technology in Islamic building construction / Donald R. Hill -- Wind and watermills in Iran and Afghanistan / Michael Harverson -- Pigeon towers and ice-houses on the Iranian plateau / Elisabeth Beazley -- Sustainable buildings : Middle Eastern traditional systems for the future / Susan Roaf --From the Rashîdîya to the Ordos : in search of early Mongol tents / Peter Alford Andrews -- Material culture of pastoral nomads : reflections based on Arab and Afghan materials / Klaus Ferdinand -- Looms, carpets and talims / Jon Thompson -- The survival of the bazaar economy in Iran and the contemporary Middle East / Keith McLachlan -- The political significance of the bazaar in Iran / Mahmoud Abdullahzadeh -- The impact of oil wealth on traditional technologies in rural Oman / Roderic W. Dutton.