Though little remembered in the west today, the Abbasids reigned for five centuries. They oversaw an era of Islamic military dominance... city-building… brilliant scholarship, and technological ...

Gadara, located some 120 km northwest of Amman (Photo courtesy of ACOR) AMMAN — The Abbasid presence at Gadara (modern Umm Qais) was mentioned in the works of Arab mediaeval geographers and scholars.

Courtyard of Ibn Tulun mosque in Cairo, Egypt. It was built in AD876 during the Abbasid dynasty. Muhammad later moved to the city of Medina and built a mosque (Islamic place of worship).

It was built in the 13th century and you can still visit its remains today. During the Abbasid Caliphate (AD750 -1258), Baghdad became the centre for science, medicine, maths and more! This early ...