Medievalists.net » Abbasids http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Tremors in the Web of Trade: Complexity, Connectivity and Criticality in the Mid-Eighth Century Eurasian World http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/07/tremors-in-the-web-of-trade-complexity-connectivity-and-criticality-in-the-mid-eighth-century-eurasian-world/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/07/tremors-in-the-web-of-trade-complexity-connectivity-and-criticality-in-the-mid-eighth-century-eurasian-world/#comments Sat, 07 Dec 2013 16:12:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45554 Events within a fifteen-year period in mid-eighth century Eurasia included the Abbasid revolution, An Lu-shan's Rebellion in Tang China, and the collapse or emergence of empires from Frankish Europe to Tibet to the kingdom of Srivajaya.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/07/tremors-in-the-web-of-trade-complexity-connectivity-and-criticality-in-the-mid-eighth-century-eurasian-world/feed/ 0 How to Invade Iraq: The Mongol Way http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/20/how-to-invade-iraq-the-mongol-way/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/20/how-to-invade-iraq-the-mongol-way/#comments Tue, 20 Aug 2013 17:16:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=43029 'Even a brief mention of it would be terrible to hear – how much worse its recapitulation in detail! Things happened which I shall not record, imagine them and do not ask for a description!'

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/20/how-to-invade-iraq-the-mongol-way/feed/ 0 Vikings raided monasteries to feed demand for eunuchs in the east, historian finds http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/31/the-viking-slave-trade-and-eunuchs-in-the-east/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/31/the-viking-slave-trade-and-eunuchs-in-the-east/#comments Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:19:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42437 In Byzantium and the Abbasid Caliphate there was great demand for eunuchs - a new study suggests this demand was being met by the Vikings raiding monasteries in northwestern Europe.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/31/the-viking-slave-trade-and-eunuchs-in-the-east/feed/ 0 The Possible Reasons for the Arab-Khazar Wars http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/28/the-possible-reasons-for-the-arab-khazar-wars/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/28/the-possible-reasons-for-the-arab-khazar-wars/#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:25:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40817 From the middle of the 7th century until the second half of the 8th century, the Arab-Khazar wars were fought by the Umayyad, and later by the Abassid Caliphate against the regional power, the Khazar Khaganate.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/28/the-possible-reasons-for-the-arab-khazar-wars/feed/ 0 Comparing Harems: Abbasid and Ottoman Harem Organization http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/26/comparing-harems-abbasid-and-ottoman-harem-organization/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/26/comparing-harems-abbasid-and-ottoman-harem-organization/#comments Sat, 27 Apr 2013 03:48:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40766 The following research delves into the organizational structures of the luxurious harems of Medieval Abbasid and Ottoman Empires; comparing the two different empires' harems within the political, economic, and social spheres that the royal women lived in.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/26/comparing-harems-abbasid-and-ottoman-harem-organization/feed/ 0 To Be A Prince In The Fourth/Tenth-Century Abbasid Court http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/24/to-be-a-prince-in-the-fourthtenth-century-abbasid-court/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/24/to-be-a-prince-in-the-fourthtenth-century-abbasid-court/#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:47:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39432 This paper explores one aspect of the personal world that constituted the fourth/ tenth century caliphal court by focusing on the life and career of the Abbasid prince Abu al-ʿAbbas, eldest son of the caliph al-Muqtadir (AH 295–320/CE 908–932).

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/24/to-be-a-prince-in-the-fourthtenth-century-abbasid-court/feed/ 0 A Tale of two cities and the Abbasid Caliphate 132- 656 / 750 – 1258 http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/01/a-tale-of-two-cities-and-the-abbasid-caliphate-132-656-750-1258/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/01/a-tale-of-two-cities-and-the-abbasid-caliphate-132-656-750-1258/#comments Sat, 01 Dec 2012 06:10:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37635 Examining the role of Baghdad in the development of the Abbasid Caliphate.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/01/a-tale-of-two-cities-and-the-abbasid-caliphate-132-656-750-1258/feed/ 0 Singing Slave Girls (qiyan) of the Abbasid Court in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/25/singing-slave-girls-qiyan-of-the-abbasid-court-in-the-ninth-and-tenth-centuries/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/25/singing-slave-girls-qiyan-of-the-abbasid-court-in-the-ninth-and-tenth-centuries/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2012 23:09:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37476 The category of slave in the Middle East encompassed a number of different duties and positions: eunuch, chattel, domestic servant, sexual subject, infantryman, concubine, entertainer, laborer, and sometimes a trusted and valued member of the household.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/25/singing-slave-girls-qiyan-of-the-abbasid-court-in-the-ninth-and-tenth-centuries/feed/ 0 Byzantium and the Arabs from the VIIth to XIth Century http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/22/byzantium-and-the-arabs-from-the-viith-to-xith-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/22/byzantium-and-the-arabs-from-the-viith-to-xith-century/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2012 01:58:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36649 During the seventh and the eighth centuries, the Arabs built their own empire within the eastern and western boundaries of the Byzantine Empire, obliging the two powers to coexist through war and in peace. How did they live together, or near each other?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/22/byzantium-and-the-arabs-from-the-viith-to-xith-century/feed/ 0 Irrigation and taxation in Iraq 6th to 10th Century http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/20/irrigation-and-taxation-in-iraq-6th-to-10th-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/20/irrigation-and-taxation-in-iraq-6th-to-10th-century/#comments Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:50:19 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36592 Water management was crucial for agriculture in Iraq. The delicate ecological balance that allowed high soil productivity could be seriously threatened by irresponsible land administration.

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