Caliphate of Cordoba: Did you mean...?

The partially reconstructed Roman temple in the Spanish city of Córdoba (Roman Colonia Patricia Corduba).

A map showing the maximum extent of the empire of the Rashidun Caliphate in 654 CE under Caliph Uthman (r. 644-656 CE).

A map showing the Rashidun Caliphate (highlighted in green) by the end of Abu Bakr's (r. 632 - 634 CE) life in 634 CE.

A map showing the territories held and lost by the Fatimids between 960 and 1100 CE.

The Rashidun Caliphate (632-661 CE) was responsible for setting up the basis of the Islamic empire and expanding its borders beyond the Arabian soil. These leaders were selected by the consent of the people and based on their...

There was no compulsory state education for children in any of the western provinces of the Roman Empire. The primary sources are sparse when it comes to the education in Roman Spain, and while some scholars argue for a...

Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on the history of medieval history, as well as the history of Islam continues with a video on the Abbasid Revolution, as we see which...

The Ridda Wars or the Wars of Apostasy (632-633 CE) were a series of military engagements between the armies of the Rashidun Caliphate (632-661 CE) and the renegade tribes of Arabia. The rebels had renounced their allegiance with...

Juan de Grijalva (aka Grijalba, 1489-1527) was a Spanish conquistador who explored the eastern coast of Mexico in 1518. His notable achievements included a demonstration that the Yucatán Peninsula was just that and not, as previously...

Taifas ("factions" or "camps") were small independent Muslim kingdoms and principalities that emerged after the fall of hegemonic Muslim caliphates in al-Andalus – the Muslim-controlled part of the Iberian peninsula – during the High...