The Arabian Nights stories are some of the worlds great treasures in story telling. The Arabian Nights also known as the 1001 Nights, are told with a great sense of adventure, truth, fantasy, imagination, justice and faith, embodied by the great civilizations that contributed to making these stories what they are today. The Arabian Nights include fairy tales, fables, romances, farces, legends and parables. The tales use a sweeping variety of settings, including Baghdad, Basra, Cairo, Damascus as well as China Greece India North Africa and Turkey.