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Fall of the Abbasids – The Day Baghdad Burned
The Abbasid Caliphate once ruled a Golden Age of knowledge and power, but it all came crashing down when Baghdad burned Discover the fall of this great dynasty ...
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Abbasid era in Gadara: Economic prosperity, earthquake devastation, urban transformation
Gadara, located some 120 km northwest of Amman (Photo courtesy of ACOR) AMMAN — The Abbasid presence at Gadara (modern Umm Qais) was mentioned in the works of Arab mediaeval geographers and scholars.