Abbasid Era In Gadara: Economic Prosperity, Earthquake Devastation, Urban Transformation
AMMAN - The Abbasid presence at Gadara (modern Umm Qais) was mentioned in the works of Arab mediaeval geographers and ...
Middle East Eye9 年
Vikings and Abbasids: Worlds apart but interconnected
The treasure includes Abbasid dirhams, proof of the extraordinary interconnectivity and long distance trade (MEE/Jan Keulen) Nelleke Ijssennagger, a specialist in medieval history at Groningen ...
Cambridge University Press6 天
Conquered Populations in Early Islam
The coming chapters will analyse two prominent types of enslaved women from Umayyad and early Abbasid society – the concubine-mother (umm walad) and the courtesan (qayna). Both of these types of ...
Syria was once a Christian nation, then how did it become centre of Islam? Read the untold ...
Syria is considered to be the center of Islam, but do you know that Syria was once a stronghold of Christianity? Now the ...
Cambridge University Press12 年
Arabic Literature to the End of the Umayyad Period
This period of rapid development was flanked by more settled periods of poetic creativity: on the one side the pre-Islamic, on the other the 'Abbasid poetry; and there can be no doubt that Umayyad ...
Which Syrian mosque is believed to witness Jesus Christ's return? A sacred landmark with ...
Before the advent of Islam, the site hosted several religious structures. During the Iron Age, it was a place of worship for ...
BBC1 年
Where was the early Islamic Civilisation?
They were the successors to Muhammad. The first major caliphate was the Rashidun Caliphate, followed by the Umayyad Caliphate and the Abbasid Caliphate. The Islamic Golden age began during the ...
Polish Team Explores Khirbat As-Sar, Revealing Layers Of Ammonite, Roman, Islamic History
AMMAN - The Polish archaeological team recently dug at Khirbet as-Sar, a site in Bayader Wadi Sir, on the western outskirts ...