The Director-General, Irina Bokova, welcomed the initiative to hold the celebration and underlined the outstanding historical contribution of the Arabic language to world civilization.

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The Geopark's outstanding historical contribution, both in terms of the development of geological and archaeological sciences is astounding: from the Huttonian Theory, to the naming of the Devonian Period by Sedgwick and Murchison, and even Pengelly's discoveries informing worldwide public opinion as to the antiquity of man.

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The authors say the curriculum needs to include the Muslim contribution to world history in order "to counter the types of historical narrative that are available on the internet" which encourage radicalisation among young Muslims and anti-Muslim prejudice among young white Britons.

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The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation, within the framework of the UNESCO Intersectoral Platform "Contributing to the Dialogue among Civilizations and Cultures and a Culture of Peace", sponsors a project centred on museological approaches of communicating historical intercultural exchange, with the financial contribution of USD 199, 445.

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The flow seems entirely natural, even if hundreds of the items on view (among them tapestries, jewels, armour, bubbling fountains, embroidered copes, decorated caskets and ivories such as the Symmachi panel, pictured) are more notable for their aesthetic appeal than for their contribution to an historical narrative.

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