Tours, 732 AD—a moment that would shape the fate of medieval Europe. As the Umayyad Caliphate expanded beyond the Pyrenees ...

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One member of the minority religious community found asylum in Europe and sends home his meager grocery store wages.

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Explore the rapid expansion of Islamic empires from Arabia to Europe, Africa, and Asia between the 7th and 9th centuries, and their lasting impact on global history.

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The University of Cambridge project reveals sky-high homicide rates in medieval London, York and Oxford and shows that male college students were among the most frequent killers.

I smoked a cigar in a bar in Tunis. This simple act is illegal in my more enlightened homeland, so it felt, well, evil. Under ...