The youngest world religion, Islam, barely arose, began to decisively influence the balance of power in different countries on different continents. In the f...

Abbasids...Rulers who turned Baghdad into the legendary capital of science, culture and art. Conquerors, poets and politicians, under whom the Islamic world ...

“Politics must be moral,” say those concerned about the future. “Politics is a dirty business,” say those preoccupied with the immediate. And they often win ...