The Abbasid Caliphate succeeded the Umayyads after defeating them ... Soon, most of the New World was under Spanish control, as this 1582 map of South America shows. The Spanish extracted vast riches ...

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 ...

Google Maps is likely your go-to app for getting from point A to point B, but it's more than a navigation tool. Whether you're finding places, checking public transit schedules, or exploring new ...

Along they way, she’ll tread the pilgrims’ route to Mecca, visit Ottoman fortifications, Bedouin waterways and Abbasid waystations and forts. Her journey will take in Moses’ Mountain ...

Al-Khwarizmi created writings on decimals, fractions and algebra. This great era in Islamic history is known as The Abbasid Dynasty. It was a time of growth and change and the round city of ...

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 ...

Maira’s grandfather was the descendant and last Amir of the Abbasid Caliphate 750CE; the golden age of learning, literature and art. During the time of Caliph Harun Ul Rashid Abbasi, the famed One ...

Syria’s new authorities have arrested nearly 300 people, including informants, pro-regime fighters and former soldiers, in a crackdown on loyalists to ousted former president Bashar al-Assad, a ...

The Abbasid caliphs were the dynastic rulers of the Islamic world between the middle of the 8th and the 10th centuries. They headed a Muslim empire that extended from Tunisia through Egypt ...

By Islam Salah The Middle East is home to some of the most remarkable architectural achievements in history. From the ...