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 for five ...

Ubisoft has fully unveiled Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Valley of Memory, a brand new update for the 2023 action-adventure game that brings a number of quality-of-life updates and an additional region ...

They were keen and curious observers. More than a millennium ago merchant-informants and officials at the service of the Abbasid caliph, from Baghdad or Basra, put to paper eyewitness accounts of ...

Samarra Archaeological City is the site of a powerful Islamic capital city that ruled over the provinces of the Abbasid Empire extending from Tunisia to Central Asia for a century. Located on both ...

A stormy sea: the politics of the 'Abbasid caliphate -- From Baghdad to Cordoba: the cities of classical Islam -- Princes and beggars: life and society in the 'Abbasid Age -- The lifeblood of empire: ...

The five centuries of the Abbasid empire coincided with the Islamic world reaching its political and cultural zenith. Its brilliance lay in its sheer wealth, its geographical reach from Armenia to ...

Dubai: The first House of Wisdom was established during the Abbasid era in Baghdad. The new Islamic capital that was built to replace the Omayyad capital of Damascus was constructed in AD762 by the ...

Melvyn Bragg discusses the Abbasid Caliphs, dynastic rulers of the Islamic world between the middle of the eighth and the tenth centuries, who headed a multi-cultural Muslim empire. Show more Melvyn ...

A recent translation of a 1100-year-old report by an Arab adventurer allows us to see Tang Dynasty China through 9th century Arab eyes Merchants and adventurers from Iraq and the Gulf explored Asia ...