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Abbasid Caliphate

750–1258

The Abbasid Caliphate ruled the Muslim world from Baghdad in its golden age. Its House of Wisdom preserved Greek science and advanced mathematics, medicine, and astronomy. The Mongols destroyed Baghdad in 1258.

Facts

Founded: 750 CE, the Abbasid revolution; Baghdad founded 762.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Abbasid Caliphate
Ended: 1258 CE, the Mongols sacked Baghdad.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Abbasid Caliphate
Heartland: The Middle East, capital Baghdad.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Abbasid Caliphate
Major rulers: Harun al Rashid, the caliph of the Arabian Nights; Al Mamun, patron of the House of Wisdom.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Abbasid Caliphate

Images

The spiral minaret of Samarra, the Abbasid capital's great mosque. (Wikimedia Commons)

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