The Islamic Golden age began during the Abbasid caliphate which was centred around the city of Baghdad. In 1258, the Mongol armies from the east destroyed Baghdad and ended Abbasid rule.

In 750 AD, the Abbasid Caliphs established rule in Syria. The Abbasid caliphs shifted the capital from Damascus to Baghdad and Syria remained under the Abbasid caliphs until 1260. Although Syria ...

During the Abbasid period, Jerusalem was under Islamic rule, but its inhabitants also included Jews and Christians, according ...