RIYADH — The Saudi Heritage Commission announced the discovery of a collection of Abbasid-era gold jewelry at the archaeological site of Diriyyah in the Qassim region during the fourth season of ...

Saudi Arabia’s Heritage Commission announced the discovery of a collection of Abbasid-era gold jewelry at the Dariyah ...

They were keen and curious observers. More than a millennium ago merchant-informants and officials at the service of the Abbasid caliph, from Baghdad or Basra, put to paper eyewitness accounts of ...

The fourth installment of the Age of Empires series is finally here and here’s all you need to know. The latest installment consists of eight civilizations drawn from medieval empires across Asia, ...

Mark Hospodar has been an avid gamer ever since he fired up the original Medal of Honor on his PS1. A history teacher by training, Mark has branched out into the fields of fiction and non-fiction ...

Age Of Empires 4. Credit: Relic Entertainment, World's Edge. Xbox Game Studios has released a new trailer for Age Of Empires 4 which introduces the Abbasid Dynasty, a playable faction in the game. The ...

AMMAN — The Abbasid presence at Gadara (modern Umm Qais) was mentioned in the works of Arab mediaeval geographers and scholars. That period was also characterised by series of catastrophic earthquakes ...

The items were crafted using hammering and hand-forming techniques on gold sheets, along with decorative pressing and stone ...

The characteristic minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra, the city where the Zanj Rebellion broke out. Credit: Taisir Mahdi / Wikimedia Commons Specifically, Arab traders settled in the region, ...

Abu Dhabi: Remnants of two houses, a canal and other items dating back to the Abbasid era, over 1,330 years ago, have been discovered in Al Ain City's Ud Al Tawbah area, the Department of Historical ...