Up to 17 million people have passed through the slave trade in the Muslim world since the 7th century. Tragically, the ...

In 1258, the Mongol Empire unleashed one of the most devastating sieges in history, bringing down the heart of the Islamic ...

These novels blend the substantiated with the surreal, offering new ways to understand the past through magic, monsters and ...

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.

By 4 a.m ., a breeze had begun to blow across the stadium near the center of Baghdad, but Qaid al-Sheikhli was still sweating ...

In “Peak Human”, Mr Norberg charts the rise and fall of golden ages around the world over the past three millennia, ranging from Athens to the Anglosphere via the Abbasid caliphate.

They ruled for 500 years and led the Islamic world into a golden age. Then in a single siege, Baghdad was reduced to ruins and the caliphate was no more.

We have often heard about the great Islamic Caliphate, established by the Abbasid Empire in Baghdad in the 8th century and destroyed in the 13th century by the Mongols. What is less discussed is ...

This Muslim country was once the center of the Abbasid Caliphate and a hub of knowledge until the 15th century. It flourished in trade, culture, and innovation, becoming a beacon of progress in ...

“The Abbasid shift of the centre of the Caliphate from Syria to Iraq led to a rapid economic decline and drop in population, especially in the cities,” Khouri stressed, adding that the settlement ...

Meanwhile, the Abbasid Caliphate faced an unexpected and serious problem: a massive insurrection that broke out in Mesopotamia near Basra, led by a self-proclaimed descendant of Muhammad who was ...