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

during the Abbasid Caliphate, a golden age of Muslim civilization. As the researchers looked over the newly declassified images, they realized they might have the chance to find the lost ...

Gadara, located some 120 km northwest of Amman (Photo courtesy of ACOR) AMMAN — The Abbasid presence at Gadara (modern Umm Qais) was mentioned in the works of Arab mediaeval geographers and scholars.

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.