Explore the rapid expansion of Islamic empires from Arabia to Europe, Africa, and Asia between the 7th and 9th centuries, and their lasting impact on global history.

She was born in Egypt but grew up primarily in Kuwait. She was inspired to pursue medicine after watching what she described as the "magic" of a surgery that helped her father walk again.

Baghdad, the majestic capital city of the great Abbasid Caliphate. For centuries, the city was a center of culture, learning, trade and religious life. However, in the 1250’s, Hulagu, brother of ...

Mustansiriyah University is a university in Baghdad, Iraq. The original university was first established in 1227 by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mustansir and was one of the oldest universities in the world.

It has come to be remembered as Islam’s ‘golden age’. This is the rise and fall of the Abbasid Caliphate. #EpicHistoryTV #IslamicHistory #AbbasidCaliphate ...

AMMAN — The Abbasid presence at Gadara (modern Umm Qais) was mentioned in the works of Arab mediaeval geographers and scholars. That period was also characterised by series of catastrophic earthquakes ...

In the year 773, a group of Brahmin astrologers from Ujjain arrived at the court of the Abbasid Empire (the third Caliphate of Islam) in the glittering Iraqi city of Baghdad. The visitors were ...

The Abbasid revolution, establishment of the Caliphate and its consolidation was facilitated by a large number of groups throughout the Arabian Peninsula and Persia. In turn, the Abbasid rule saw ...

Using the knowledge of the ancient Greeks, countless Islamic scholars expanded knowledge of biology, geometry, mathematics, medicine, and astronomy. The movement was characterized by a quest for ...

Abbasid Caliphate and Umayyad Emirate. Credit: Khateeb88. CC BY-3.0/Wikimedia Commons/ Khateeb88 From the very beginning, however, many Arabs were opposed to Classical learning, and, because of this, ...

The term ‘personalized medicine’ is being used more and more frequently. But what does it mean? This explainer outlines what personalized medicine is, its advantages and some concerns that ...