Historical texts that mentioned details about the battle site helped researchers match the images to the lost town of ...

AMMAN - The Abbasid presence at Gadara (modern Umm Qais) was mentioned in the works of Arab mediaeval geographers and ...

The period of the Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258) has long been recognized as the formative period of Islamic civilization with its various achievements in the areas of science, literature, and culture.

Both were arduous jobs that led to uprisings—failed—in 689 and 694. Main routes of the Muslim slave trade in Africa. Credit: Aliesin / Rowanwindwhistler / Wikimedia Commons Starting in 861, the ...

In the 8th century Middle East, a new dynasty seized control of one of the world’s greatest empires – the Islamic Caliphate.

The Caliph is hungry for knowledge. Find out how you can satiate his appetite in our review of Scholars of the South Tigris.

Most of the money dates back to the early Islamic period, when the region was part of the Abbasid caliphate. The coins weigh 845g (30oz) and would have been worth a huge sum when they were buried ...

After the town fell to Muslim forces in AD639-40, the Umayyad Caliph Hisham is said to have built two palaces there and renamed it Raqqa ("the marsh"). In 771, the Abbasid Caliph al-Mansour chose ...

Inside the Abbasid palace of Baghdad, built in around 12th century. The caliphates (Islamic states) were governed by a caliph. They were the successors to Muhammad. The first major caliphate was ...

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 ...