Egypt has long positioned itself as a mediator in the Israel-Palestine conflict by leveraging its unique geographical ...

The first major caliphate was the Rashidun Caliphate, followed by the Umayyad Caliphate and the Abbasid Caliphate. The Islamic Golden age began during the Abbasid caliphate which was centred ...

The history of the Rashidun caliphs was, for instance, represented according to political, legal, and rhetorical/artistic concerns that were prevalent in the early Abbasid period. Stories about the ...

the Umayyad caliphs made Damascus their capital. Apart from this, the Umayyad rulers had built many buildings like Abd al-Malik Palace and Umayyad Mosque. The Abbasid caliphs moved the capital ...

They carried on active trade with Arabs, Persians and Greeks. Abu Fadlan was the secretary of a delegation sent by the Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir in 921/922 AD to the king of the Volga Bulghars.

The roach's westward spread likely occurred during times of increasing "commercial and military activities of the Islamic Umayyad or Abbasid Caliphates" about 1,200 years ago, the researchers ...