From its origins in Arabia, the Muslim faith spread rapidly and developed a distinctive culture, including a form of art that ...

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Piecemeal reconstruction, economic and social decay, millions of internally displaced persons. For people in Aleppo, Homs, ...

Ranging from vast confederations on the Asian steppes to colonial projects that spanned the globe, these were the biggest ...

For as long as humans have lived in settled communities, some groups have sought to assert dominance over others, and through history the biggest empires grew to cover millions of square miles.

Indonesia boasts the world’s biggest Muslim population. Plenty of Japanese use the mosque to pray, officials said. “We hope to make this mosque a place that all Muslims feel free to visit ...

Yemeni textiles, long recognized for their fine quality, maintained their reputation and were exported for use by the Abbasid elite, including the caliphs themselves. The products of Sana'a and Aden ...

Georgia and Caucasus after the invasion.