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Talking With Dan Gibson
#1 Introduction		Who is Dan Gibson and what is this all about? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wm7Ka4bHck
#2 Nabataeans: Builders of Petra		Learn about Dan Gibson's first book on history uncovers a fascinating people who were different from most other civilizations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYV2YzhTKI0
#3 Qur'anic Geography		Discover Gibson's book on the geography of the Qur'an and why archeology is challenging the traditional story of Islam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lGCbEAFlu4
#4 Early Islamic Qiblas		Gibson's book examines all of the mosques of the first two centuries of Islam. https://youtu.be/P0jijE0DUn4
#5 Patreon		Who pays for these videos? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8vzD80pRaY&
#6 The Qibla Tool		Introducing a new tool for displaying Qibla directions https://youtu.be/ULegnNt1bxA

Archeology and Islam
Now in production

# 01	The Petra Mosques	The Petra Mosques: Introducing the mosques that point to Petra https://youtu.be/XmdylAT22kg
# 02	The Between Mosques	The Between Mosques: Who built them and why? https://youtu.be/kM7VzvEwR8o
# 03	The Petra Mosques	The Petra Mosques: Introducing the mosques that point to Petra https://youtu.be/dnBnODSMSZE
# 04	Measuring the Ka'ba	In his video we compare Azraqi's measurements of the Ka'ba during Muhammad's lifetime with the Mecca and Petra's Ka'ba. Which one fits? https://youtu.be/MaK_Lu5FSWM
# 05	Petra in the Qur'an	Is Petra mentioned in the Qur'an. Gibson explores the ancient names of Petra, including Rekem, Mother of Settlements, the Rock, Petra, Sela, and Hijr. https://youtu.be/QU-K1n-XW9E
# 066	Mecca on Ancient Maps	Is Mecca on ancient maps as Macorba? https://youtu.be/vTqTstNEysU
# 07	ZamZam Well	Is the original well of Zamzam in Mecca or in Petra?
# 08	Historical Muhammad	Was Muhammad a real historical person?
# 09	Muhammad in Petra	Did the Prophet Muhammad live in Petra or Mecca? Was he surrounded by Idols? Did he worship idols in his early life?
# 10	The Battle of Badr	Where was the Battle of Badr?
# 11	Hubal	Who was Hubal and where was his temple?
# 12	Early Islamic Gods	Who were the main gods worshiped in pre-Islamic times, and what can we learn from them?
# 13	Early Islamic Gods and Islamic worship	How did the worship of pagan gods in pre-Islamic times impact the early development of Islam?
# 14	The Petra Pilgrimage	Tracing the pilgrimage route in Petra.
# 15	Nomads & Prophets	Nomads had a profound influence on the history of the Middle East that is seldom recognized. Archeologists struggle to document nomads, but yet they have changed the face of the Middle East time and time again. This is an introductory video to the next five videos.
#16	The Prophet Job	Were Abraham and Job real historical people? What about the arguments that claim they never existed? ... or that their histories are all wrong? What does modern archeological research tell us?
#17	The Prophet Moses	This video investigates the prophet Moses and the people of 'Ad as found in the Qur'an and the Bible. What do the historical records tell us?
#18	The Prophets David & Solomon	Were David and Solomon real people? What does archeology say?
#19	The Prophet Ashiya or Isaiah	Who was Ashiya, and why is he included as a Muslim prophet? Is there any archeological evidence for him?
#20	The Prophets Hud and Salih	Who were the prophets Hud and Salih? Where do they fit in history and geography? Why did they make Muhammad's hair turn grey?
#21	Altars & Sacrifice	Why were altars and blood sacrifice so important to the prophets from Adam all the way up to Yahya. And why do we no long offer blood sacrifices today?
#22	One Religion?	Are Islam and Christianity basically the same religion? Dan Gibson shares his personal opinion.

Discussions, Interviews and Debates

# 01	Interview on Sneaker's Corner		Dan Gibson answers questions about: the change of Qibla; Who was first, you or Patricia Crone; what do you think of the book by Andy Bannister, how did the Ka'ba move from Petra to Mecca, what led to the Abbassid takeover, and why did the Golden Age of Islam come to an end? https://youtu.be/7M9g7HHjRRA
# 02	Interview with Dr. Radsikowski		Interview with Dr Radsikowski, who examines the probability of mosques facing Petra by coincidence. Dr. Radsikowski has a degree in math and physics from Princeton University. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dsNoBY8MrY

Q&A - Questions and Answers

#01	Where were the Romans?	If the story took place in Petra, why did the Roman army not attack sooner? Where were the Romans during all of this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jsrhJ8B2vM

Coming: Early Qiblas

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Answering Critiques

# 01	David King versus Dan Gibson	Part 1 of 6. Dan Gibson introduces Dr. King's paper The Petra Fallacy and examines his introduction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YYNDqse-IE
# 02	David King versus Dan Gibson	Part 2 of 6. Dan Gibson answers objections put forward by Dr. King in his paper The Petra Fallacy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b82jqMXgTXM
# 03	David King versus Dan Gibson	Part 3 of 6. Dan Gibson answers objections put forward by Dr. King in his paper The Petra Fallacy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFOZgW2-2bs
# 04	David King versus Dan Gibson	Part 4 of 6. Dan Gibson answers objections put forward by Dr. King in his paper The Petra Fallacy.
# 05	David King versus Dan Gibson	Part 25 of 6. Dan Gibson answers objections put forward by Dr. King in his paper The Petra Fallacy.
# 06	David King versus Dan Gibson	Part 6 of 6. Dan Gibson answers objections put forward by Dr. King in his paper The Petra Fallacy.