Most of the money dates back to the early Islamic period, when the region was part of the Abbasid caliphate. The coins weigh 845g (30oz) and would have been worth a huge sum when they were buried ...

It has come to be remembered as Islam’s ‘golden age’. This is the story of the Abbasid Caliphate. #EpicHistoryTV #IslamicHistory #AbbasidCaliphate Trump-district House Democrat loses Alaska ...

IS militants paraded through Raqqa after the "caliphate" was proclaimed in June ... there and renamed it Raqqa ("the marsh"). In 771, the Abbasid Caliph al-Mansour chose Raqqa to serve as a ...