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  1. 3 days ago · Abbasid Caliphate. The Abbasid Caliphate or Abbasid Empire ( / əˈbæsɪd / or / ˈæbəsɪd /; Arabic: الْخِلَافَة الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, romanized : al-Khilāfa al-ʿAbbāsiyya) was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al ...

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      The Dabuyid dynasty, or Gaubarid dynasty, was a Zoroastrian...

    • Anarchy at Samarra

      The Anarchy at Samarra (Arabic: فوضى سامراء, romanized:...

  2. 2 days ago · t. e. The Fatimid Caliphate or Fatimid Empire ( / fætiːmɪd /; Arabic: ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْفَاطِمِيَّة, romanized : al-Khilāfa al-Fāṭimiyya) was a caliphate extant from the tenth to the twelfth centuries CE under the rule of the Fatimids, an Isma'ili Shia dynasty. Spanning a large area of North Africa and West Asia, it ...

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  4. 4 days ago · t. e. Sabaean inscription addressed to the moon-god Almaqah, mentioning five South Arabian gods, two reigning sovereigns, and two governors, 7th century BC. The history of Yemen describes the cultures, events, and peoples of what is one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Near East. [1] Its relatively fertile land and adequate rainfall ...

  5. 3 days ago · In the 1230s, Syria's Ayyubid rulers attempted to win independence from Egypt and remained divided until Egyptian Sultan as-Salih Ayyub restored Ayyubid unity by taking over most of Syria, excluding Aleppo, by 1247. In 1250, the dynasty in the Egyptian region was overthrown by slave regiments.

  6. 2 days ago · The Kingdom of Jerusalem, also known as the Latin Kingdom, was a Crusader state that was established in the Levant immediately after the First Crusade. It lasted for almost two hundred years, from the accession of Godfrey of Bouillon in 1099 until the fall of Acre in 1291.

  7. 3 days ago · Indonesia. Indonesia was formerly known as the Dutch East Indies (or Netherlands East Indies). Although Indonesia did not become the country’s official name until the time of independence, the name was used as early as 1884 by a German geographer; it is thought to derive from the Greek indos, meaning “India,” and nesos, meaning “island.”.

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