The Abbasid Dynasty is another more experimental Age of Empires IV civilisations. They don't completely veer away from the standard civ design like the Mongols do, but neither is their design geared ...

Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have uncovered a stunning collection of 100 gold jewelry pieces dating back over 1,100 years to the Abbasid era. Discovered at the ancient site of Dariyah in the ...

Mark Hospodar has been an avid gamer ever since he fired up the original Medal of Honor on his PS1. A history teacher by training, Mark has branched out into the fields of fiction and non-fiction ...

In the eighth century, a vast empire built by conquest fractured under its own divisions, only to be quietly seized by a revolutionary movement decades in the making. This episode traces how the ...

Revolution -- Mansūr and his legacy -- Hārūn al-Rashīd: the golden prime -- The war between the brothers -- Poetry and power at the early Abbasid Court -- Landscape with palaces -- The Harem -- Ma'mūn ...

A stormy sea: the politics of the 'Abbasid caliphate -- From Baghdad to Cordoba: the cities of classical Islam -- Princes and beggars: life and society in the 'Abbasid Age -- The lifeblood of empire: ...

Raqqa, Feb. 5 (SANA) 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 northeast Syria, offering an example of ...

It’s easy to understand why the battle of Talas in 751 between the Abbasid Caliphate’s Arab-Persian army and the Chinese army is often said to be one of the most important battles in Central Asian ...

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, ...