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A “Documentary Turn” in the Medieval History of Egypt and Syria?
History Compass, Volume 23, Issue 10-12, October-December 2025.ABSTRACT The field of medieval Middle East history has seen a renewed attention to the use of documentary sources in recent years. These sources have long seen some neglect, and their interpretation has suffered from a stubborn narrative of paucity that has tended to relegate them to the fringe of this history. With the impact of other scholarly trends
Daisy Livingston
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Muslim Diasporas and the Politics of Belonging: Ibadi and Ismaili Pasts and Presents in East Africa
Religion Compass, Volume 19, Issue 10-12, October-December 2025.ABSTRACT This article examines the Ibadi and Ismaili Muslim communities in East Africa—particularly in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania (including Zanzibar)—and their distinct religious, social, and economic roles. Even as minorities within predominantly Sunni contexts, both groups have shaped the region through migration, commerce, and international ...
Kimberly T. Wortmann
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Fatimid Dynasty and Contribution in Education for Islamic Civilization in Egypt (909-1171 AD)
AfkarunaEducation plays a crucial role in the development of human civilization, particularly during the Fatimid Dynasty, which ruled from 909 to 1171 AD.
Kayan Manggala +2 more
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Michael Brett, The Fatimid Empire. The Edinburgh History of the Islamic Empires
Al-'Usur al-Wusta, 2018 Those of us intimately involved in the study of Fatimid history, as well as others who teach areas of Islamic history in which this dynasty played a significant role, have long lamented the lack of a good, substantial one-volume account of that era ...
Paul E. Walker
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Geoarchaeology, Volume 40, Issue 5, September/October 2025.ABSTRACT The Sadd al‐Bint is one of the largest known ancient dams in Saudi Arabia, and yet, its construction date, function and collapse remained uncertain. This study presents the first numerical chronology for the dam, integrating radiocarbon dating, Bayesian modelling, geomorphological analysis and hydrological modelling to reconstruct its history.
Bruno Depreux +13 more
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Byzantium and the Crusades: Constantine X's Embassy to Honorius II in 1062
History, Volume 110, Issue 392, Page 459-473, September 2025.Abstract The Byzantine emperor Alexios I's 1095 embassy to Pope Urban II has been characterized in three different ways: as a request for troops that inadvertently triggered the First Crusade, as a manipulation of western reverence for the Holy Sepulchre and as active Byzantine–papal collaboration.
JONATHAN HARRIS
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Nations and Nationalism, Volume 30, Issue 4, Page 666-682, October 2024.Abstract This paper probes the relationship between nationalism and belonging. In the context of the enactment of the ‘Nation‐State Law’ in Israel, it addresses a twofold question: how do members of the Druze community articulate the minority group's sense of belonging to the national community, and what do their constructions of belonging suggest ...
Doron Eldar, Gay Young
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The Factors Behind the Failure of the Fatimids in Dominating the Northern Regions of Sham"Syria" (4th and 5th Centuries AH) [PDF]
پژوهش های تاریخیAfter defeating the Aghlabids and establishing a state in Ifriqiya, the Fatimids conquered Egypt and launched a military campaign to the Levant to achieve their goals.
Azam Rahmatabady
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Geoarchaeology, Volume 39, Issue 1, Page 35-62, January/February 2024.Abstract Excavations at Ashdod‐Yam exposed a fortification system that features a massive mudbrick wall with large earthen ramparts laid on either side. This fortified horseshoe‐shaped enclosure once surrounded what was likely a human‐made harbor and an adjacent acropolis with complex earthen architecture, constructed and active during Iron Age IIB–C ...
Marta Lorenzon +3 more
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The Fatimid Army During the Early Crusades.
, 1985 Although the early Crusades have been studied by a number of excellent scholars, the Fatimid perspective of the events of the early twelfth century has never been fully examined, despite the obvious fact that the full implications of course of the ...
Hamblin, William James
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