Baghdad, the majestic capital city of the great Abbasid Caliphate. For centuries, the city was a center of culture, learning, ...

On June 29, 2014—or the first of Ramadan, 1435, for those who prefer the Islamic calendar to the Gregorian—the leaders of the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) publicly uttered for the first time ...

After five centuries of brilliance, the Abbasid Caliphate met its end in 1258, when Mongol armies stormed Baghdad. The city ...

Two weeks ago Glenn Beck introduced much of the world to the word caliphate. Shortly after the Egypt uprisings began, Beck used two chalkboards to 'explain' what was happening there and went on to ...

In 836CE, Abbasid caliph al-Mu’tasim ordered the construction of a new capital city on the east bank of the Tigris River, in modern-day Iraq. Since 762, al-Mu’tasim’s predecessors had ruled from ...

Supporters of the Islamic State march in Mosul, Iraq, in 2014, the year the militant group declared a new caliphate in Iraq and Syria. (Associated Press) Shadi Hamid is a senior fellow in the Project ...

The coins were discovered buried in a clay jar and date back over a thousand years, to the Abbasid Caliphate. Gold coins dating to the Abbasid Caliphate in Tel Aviv on August 1. HEIDI LEVINE/POOL/AFP ...