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**SHORTLISTED FOR 2025 THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION**A startling exploration of slav...

Slavery in the Islamic world has a long, diverse and controversial history. Captives and Companio...

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Herodotos Tarihi, en basta Pers krallari olmak üzere hic sakinmayacak kadar güclü insanlara dair ...

Herodotus is known as the Father of History, but he was much more than that. He was also the worl...

Islamic civilization was once the envy of the world. From a succession of glittering, cosmopolita...

The story of the seventh- and eighth-century Muslim conquests, when armies inspired by the new re...

Over thirteen centuries, Baghdad has enjoyed both cultural and commercial pre-eminence, boasting ...

An intriguing travel history exploring and evoking the world of Herodotus, with abundant commenta...

In the Western mind, Afghanistan has come to mean many things in recent decades, most of them bad...