This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. Hoards of the Fatimid period have been used by scholars to illustrate a variety of macro-historical developments in the eleventh-century ...

Cairo Governor Ibrahim Saber announced the discovery of fragments of the city’s medieval defensive wall during redevelopment ...

Drey, adding that this trend began in 11th and 12th centuries during Fatimid dynasty and Crusaders. "From the Hellenistic through the Early Islamic periods the dichotomy between wheel-thrown ...

1009-Destruction of Church of Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem. 1062-Famine in North Africa. Fatimid dynasty in decline. 1086-Almoravid Muslims invade and conquer southern Spain. Early 14th Century ...

Its detailed sand-hued façade – which graces older 500-dirham notes – mimics the architectural style of the medieval Fatimid period. Unlike most of Dubai's other mosques, non-Muslims are ...

Highlighting the history of the Fatimid dynasty across North Africa, Egypt, Sicily, Syria, Palestine and Arabia, this examines its cultural and artistic achievements, and its legacy, including the ...