It all began with Pelayo—a rebel, a warrior, and the man who refused to surrender. At Covadonga, deep in the Asturian ...

Since the author is a well-known specialist in Abbasid history, it is not surprising that he provides a detailed survey of Abbasid Caliphate (fl. from 750 to 1258) under three separate chapters, ...

In the 8th century Middle East, a new dynasty seized control of one of the world’s greatest empires – the Islamic Caliphate. Though little remembered in the west today, the Abbasids reigned ...

"Year to date" sales for 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 sales are shown in series at the top of the table and then just below a comparison of 2024 versus 2023 and 2024 versus 2022 is displayed. This ...

In this step-by-step primer, you’ll uncover how to design and integrate custom stencils into Excel to create comparison charts that are as functional as they are eye-catching.

For as long as humans have lived in settled communities, some groups have sought to assert dominance over others, and through history the biggest empires grew to cover millions of square miles. But ...

AMMAN — Most water-related structures in the southern Jordan Valley and Zarqa Triangle originate from the Roman (63 BC-324 AD), Byzantine (324 AD-650 AD) and Umayyad (650 AD-750 AD) periods. Traces of ...

The Abbasid pottery was numerous and found almost in all the excavated squares, mixed in most cases with Byzantine and Umayyad pottery; this, due in part, to the nature of the occupation of the ...

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 ...

Most of the slaves were of Bantu ethnicity. The Umayyad and Abbasid caliphs bought them to train as soldiers, though their loyalty was questionable; this was proven in 696, when Zanj troops rebelled ...