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 ...

The historic al-Mansour Mosque, also known as the Old Mosque, stands at the center of Raqqa on the banks of the Euphrates River in ...

The fourth installment of the Age of Empires series is finally here and here’s all you need to know. The latest installment consists of eight civilizations drawn from medieval empires across Asia, ...

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 ...

A rare decorated red clay flask estimated to be about 1,200 years old was discovered at Horvat ‘Anim in Yatir Forest during renewed excavations by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), according to ...

Age Of Empires 4. Credit: Relic Entertainment, World's Edge. Xbox Game Studios has released a new trailer for Age Of Empires 4 which introduces the Abbasid Dynasty, a playable faction in the game. The ...

Baghdad, the majestic capital city of the great Abbasid Caliphate. For centuries, the city was a center of culture, learning, trade and religious life. However, in the 1250’s, Hulagu, brother of the ...

The characteristic minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra, the city where the Zanj Rebellion broke out. Credit: Taisir Mahdi / Wikimedia Commons Specifically, Arab traders settled in the region, ...

The local mission of Sharjah Archaeology Authority (SAA) announced on Tuesday that it had found a number of ancient Islamic coins in the Central Region, Sharjah. The coins are of rare silver dirhams ...