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The Rashidun Caliphate was the early Islamic state ruled by the four caliphs traditionally regarded in Sunni Islam as the Prophet Muhammad's successors: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali. From 632 to 661 CE, its armies brought Syria, Egypt, Iraq, and much of the former Sasanian Empire under Muslim rul...
Hugh Kennedy is a British historian of the medieval Islamic world, specializing in the early caliphates, the political history of the Middle East, and Arabic sources. His book The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century was first published...
The Abbasid Caliphate emerged from the overthrow of the Umayyad dynasty in 750 AD. This medieval Islamic civilization flourished for centuries, primarily centered around Baghdad. It’s notable for fostering advancements across science, mathematics, medicine, and philosophy—a period known as the Islam...
The Emirate of Córdoba was an independent Umayyad state in al-Andalus, established in 756 CE by Abd al-Rahman I after the Abbasids overthrew the Umayyad dynasty in the eastern Islamic world. Córdoba served as its capital, and the emirate maintained Muslim rule over much of the Iberian Peninsula whil...
The Umayyad Caliphate was the second of the four major Islamic caliphates established following the death of the prophet Muhammad. Founded by Mu'awiya I in 661, it became one of the largest empires in history in terms of land area. The dynasty's capital was established in Damascus, Syria, from where...
Days of Burning, Days of Wrath is a 2019 military science fiction novel by Tom Kratman set in his Carrera series on a fictional planet serving as an alternate Earth analogue.
