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Tag Archives: Mongolian Empire
Depiction of the Prophet Muhammad Under Mongolian Occupation
A hardly deniable cultural and, in particular, intellectual decline in the Islamic World began when, in 1258 CE, Baghdad had been sacked by the Mongolian Emperor Hülegü Khan (d. 1265), grandson of Chengis Khan. Hülegü was the brother of Möngke Khan … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Iran
Tagged Al Mustas'im, al-Biruni, Baghdad, Bilderverbot, Chengis Khan, Ghazan, Hülegü, Ilkhanid, Islamic Chinoiserie, Möngke, Mongolian Empire, Oljeitu, Prophet Muhammad, Rashid al-Din, Yuka Kadoi
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Climate Change has been Changing the World
The 2013 report by the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) and a summary of the huge volume can be found here. It is possible that the rise and fall of huge empires during the past thousand or two thousand … Continue reading
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