Nomads who had been enlisted to fight the Mongol hordes staked their own claim and took over, transforming the Islamic world. They created the vast Ottoman empire that expanded westward into ...

"What's quite unique to Iran is that Iran retained its civilization and its language, while other languages made way for ...

virtual empire. Perhaps, then, the rise of Islam should be read "in reverse"—not as a movement from the religious to the geopolitical, but rather from the geopolitical to the religious.

The 6th emperor, Aurangzeb, a devout Muslim was much less tolerant of other faiths. His long reign saw many rebellions while his conquests in the south stretched the empire too thin. A succession ...

The Byzantine Empire made remarkable contributions to medicine and science, even thouth they are not widely known.

In competing to establish an Islamic caliphate based on Sharia law ... have only increased his appetite to expand his empire, which also includes minimizing the Kurdish threat of autonomy in ...

Blair,S., and J. Bloom. 1994. The Art and Architecture of Islam: 1250-1800. Pelican History of Art. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. Bloom, J., and S ...