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Abbasid Caliphate

Maritime trade initiated by the Abbasid Caliphate shifted Chinese economic power toward the coast, threatening regional balance and imperial security.

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Tang/Song commercial geography and later Ming policy

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Maritime trade initiated by the Abbasid Caliphate shifted Chinese economic power toward the coast, threatening regional balance and imperial security.

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The Bureaucracy That Ate China

2025-03-13, day precision · Civilization #38: Twilight of the Middle Kingdom

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"...It's happening because of maritime trade. Maritime trade initiated by the Abbasid Caliphate. Okay? Remember in our last class, we learned about the Islamic..."

The Church That Demanded Your Soul

2025-03-20, day precision · Civilization #40: Church and Empire

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"...will happen is as the Byzantine Empire becomes weaker and the Abbasid Caliphate becomes weaker, there's now chaos. And as such, bandits roam the..."

Islam As Proto-Modernity

2025-03-11, day precision · Civilization #37: The Golden Age of Islam

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"...round cities of that time. Baghdad was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, which started the Islamic Golden Age. The Abbasid Caliphate is the..."

Islam As Proto-Modernity

2025-03-11, day precision · Civilization #37: The Golden Age of Islam

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"...a recent phenomenon. But look at the trade route that the Abbasid Caliphate would create over its 300 to 400 year history. It connects..."

The Viking Memory Machine

2025-03-06, day precision · Civilization #36: Memory of the Norse

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"...the name of Ahmad ibn Badlan. And he is from the Abbasid Caliphate. And he is in the Viking world in order to negotiate..."

The Fifth Pillar of the West

2025-03-04, day precision · Civilization #35: The Viking Legacy

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"...in Constantinople, which we studied. Then there is something called the Abbasid Caliphate. Which is the Islamic Empire in Baghdad. And the third, of..."

The Empire That Swallowed Its Geniuses

2025-02-25, day precision · Civilization #33: The Rise and Fall of the Byzantine Empire

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"...here, we will begin, we will see the beginning of the Abbasid Caliphate, which is really the golden age of the Muslims. But, eventually,..."

The Empire That Swallowed Its Geniuses

2025-02-25, day precision · Civilization #33: The Rise and Fall of the Byzantine Empire

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"...us to the Vikings, number two. Then, we'll talk about the Abbasid Caliphate, number three. And then, we'll talk about the Mongols, and then..."

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