From grand cities to groundbreaking discoveries, the Abbasid Caliphate transformed the Islamic world. Yet, even the most ...
In 705 CE, the Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid I transformed the basilica into a grand mosque, completing the construction ... Built initially during the Abbasid period and modified later by the Ottomans ...
Religion played an important role in society. Courtyard of Ibn Tulun mosque in Cairo, Egypt. It was built in AD876 during the Abbasid dynasty. Muhammad later moved to the city of Medina and built ...
Mosque and hospital of DivriÄŸi in modern day Turkey. It was built in the 13th century and you can still visit its remains today. During the Abbasid Caliphate (AD750 -1258), Baghdad became the ...