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, ...

Beirut - At its peak in the eighth century, it was the largest empire in the world, linking East and West and giving rise to a rich heritage of art, architecture, literature and science. But even in ...

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 ...

For as long as humans have lived in settled communities, some groups have sought to assert dominance over others, and through history the biggest empires grew to cover millions of square miles. But ...

On June 29, 2014, which coincided with the first day of Ramadan, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) declared the restoration of the caliphate. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a shadowy figure with a $10 ...

At its zenith, the British Empire was the largest empire in history, governing over a quarter of the world’s land area. It was said that the sun never set on the British Empire, highlighting its ...

New discoveries are overturning long-held assumptions and revealing previously ignored complexities at the desert castle of Khirbet al-Mafjar The palace’s bathhouse boasts a carpet-like mosaic floor ...

A rare Islamic gold coin, said to be the first of its kind to be auctioned, could be sold for more than £1 million when it goes under the hammer later this month. The 6th century gold dinar dates from ...