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Islamic Empire
- Early Arabia
- Mohammed
- Umayyads
- Abbasids
- Islamic Spain
- Fatimids
- Saladin and the Ayyubids
- Mamluks
- Almohads
- Hafsids
- Marinids
- Ghaznavids
- Seljuks
- Ottomans
- Safavids
- Suleiman the Magnificent
- Sofia Baffo – the Ottomans in the 1600s
- Safavid Iran in the 1600s – Ishmael
- Pashas in the Ottoman Empire
- Crimean War
- Collapse of the Ottoman Empire
Islamic Science
- Islamic Geographers
- Math in the Islamic Empire
- Medieval Islamic astronomy
- Medicine – fevers and contagion
- Philosophy and Al Ghazali
- Smallpox and Al Razi
- The Milky Way and Al Tusi
- Mind and body: Al Tabari
- Aristotle and Ibn Rushd
- Physics and Ibn Sina
- An Islamic doctor: al Nafis
- Maimonides, Saladin’s doctor
- Guide for the Perplexed
- Ibn al-Haytham: how do eyes work?
- Ottoman science – astronomy and clocks
- Iranian science under the Safavids
Islamic Art
Islamic Daily Life
- What did people eat in the Islamic Empire?
- Sugar and medieval Islam
- Dates
- Almonds
- Oranges and Lemons
- Carrots
- Barley
- Chickpeas
- Wheat
- Islamic Empire Clothing
- Linen
- Cotton
- Silk
- Spinning wheel
- Environment
- Islamic Empire Games
- Islamic Families
- Women in medieval Islam
- Ethnicity in medieval Islam
- The Maktab: Islamic Schools
- The Madrassa: Islamic Colleges
Arabic Literature
- Arabic Language
- Arabian Nights
- Aladdin and the Lamp
- Sinbad the Sailor
- Noureddin
- Guide for the Perplexed
- Wheat on the Chessboard
- Islamic Poets
- Lalla Arifa
- Nasruddin
- Rudaba and Zal
- Islamic Historians
- Ibn Khaldun
- Shahnameh
- Sohrab and Rustem
- Rustem Swims
- Rustem’s Death
- Islamic Geographers
- Ibn Battuta
Islamic Architecture
- Umayyad
- Kairouan Mosque
- Abbasid
- Fatimid
- Almohad
- Nasrid
- Ottoman architecture: Topkapi palace
- Mosque
- Minaret
Government and Economy
- Medieval Islamic government
- Who are mawali?
- Medieval Islam and the Silk Road
- Collapse of the Silk Road