The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 128 "The Abbasids: Golden Age or Age of Collapse?"
Many historians call the Abbasid caliphate ‘the Golden Age of Islam’ but in this episode I want to analyse the contradiction in this description since, at a time when Islam underwent an undisputed cultural flowering, it also collapsed politically. For a free ebook, maps and blogs check out my website nickholmesauthor.com Find my latest book, The End of Antiquity, on Amazon. For German listeners, find the German translation of the first book in my series on the 'Fall of the Roman Empire', Die ...
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