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The Rise of Zengi, 1127-46; the Fall of Crusader Edessa, 1144.

The Crusaders put new pressure on the fractured Muslim world. The First Crusade clearly only succeeded because Baghdad’s power had been so shattered by infighting and Turkish conquest. In order to repel the invaders, the Turks had to unite and … Continue reading

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The New Cities in Iraq: Kufa, Basra and Mosul, 636-40

The Muslim forces were a small population of conquerors in a very large settled agricultural society. Now that they controlled it, they were free to settle or build in it. They could have begun a massive migration from dry Arabia … Continue reading

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