Two weeks ago Glenn Beck introduced much of the world to the word caliphate. Shortly after the Egypt uprisings began, Beck used two chalkboards to 'explain' what was happening there and went on to ...
Two volunteers found a cache of 425 gold coins that date back to the ninth century A.D. Israel Antiquities Authority Last week, two teenagers volunteering at an archaeological dig in central Israel ...
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The Caliphs Who Built an Empire of Knowledge and Power
Out of rebellion and faith rose the Abbasid Caliphate, a dynasty that transformed the Islamic world into a powerhouse of ...
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How the Abbasid Golden Age Ended in Fire and Blood
After five centuries of brilliance, the Abbasid Caliphate met its end in 1258, when Mongol armies stormed Baghdad. The city ...
Revolution -- Mansūr and his legacy -- Hārūn al-Rashīd: the golden prime -- The war between the brothers -- Poetry and power at the early Abbasid Court -- Landscape with palaces -- The Harem -- Ma'mūn ...
Translation of extracts from: Tārīkh al-rusul wa-al-mulūk. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001 ...
History of Political Thought, Vol. 40, No. 2 (Summer 2019), pp. 175-195 (21 pages) Scholarship on al-Farabi interprets his theoretical analysis of politics apart from its historical context, which ...
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