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Where was the early Islamic Civilisation?
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 ...
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Syria was once a Christian nation, then how did it become centre of Islam? Read the untold truth here
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 ...
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Abbasid era in Gadara: Economic prosperity, earthquake devastation, urban transformation
“The Abbasid shift of the centre of the Caliphate from Syria to Iraq led to a rapid economic ... often identified because of the misdating of Abbasid ceramic types to the Umayyad period, while Umayyad ...
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Cockroaches wouldn't exist without humans. We helped them become one of the world's worst pests, according to a new study.
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 ...