Workers renovating a popular tapas bar in Seville, Spain, were surprised to encounter the remains of an Islamic bathhouse dating to the twelfth century, when the Almohad Caliphate ruled Andalusia.
Popular historian Bobrick (The Fated Sky: Astrology in History) breathlessly recounts the ornate pageantry of the Islamic caliphate, from its meteoric rise as an empire on three continents, with ...
The pre-dawn U.S. military operation, which resulted in the apprehension of Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, was far more than a local political transition for Latin America; it was a devastating ...
Discover the vast expanse of the Umayyad Caliphate in this captivating journey through history. Learn how this powerful empire stretched from the edges of the Atlantic Ocean to the heart of Asia. This ...
In this captivating journey through history, explore how the Umayyad Caliphate expanded its empire to achieve one of the largest territorial conquests in the world. Unravel the strategic, political, ...
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“Any viewer’s tongue will grow shorter trying to describe it,” marveled the inveterate traveler Ibn Battuta while visiting Jerusalem in 1326. “This is one of the most fantastic of all buildings, of ...