"The prophet Muhammad and the early Islamic community radically redefined the concept of time that they had inherited from earlier religions' beliefs and practices. This new temporal system, based on ...

Archaeologists in Israel say they have discovered the remnants of an early mosque -- believed to date to the earliest decades of Islam -- during an excavation in the northern city of Tiberias. This ...

"Ancient Empires is a relatively brief yet comprehensive and even-handed overview of the ancient Near East, the Mediterranean, and Europe, including the Greco-Roman world, Late Antiquity, and the ...

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In the year 749 CE, a devastating earthquake hit the Levant, crippling the early Islamic city of Jerash. While the earthquake may have caused widespread destruction to buildings in the Northwest ...

RIYADH (Reuters) - The creation of an Islamic caliphate, or empire, has long formed part of al Qaeda's world view, and it is a vision that seems to have unsettled Washington. Sign up here. But experts ...

Archaeologists in Israel say they have discovered the remnants of an early mosque -- believed to date to the earliest decades of Islam -- during an excavation in the northern city of Tiberias. This ...