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Medieval Islamic history condensed into one short video. The Conquests, Empires, Caliphs and Sultans of the Middle East - from a bird's eye view.

00:00 Introduction
00:58 Muhammad
02:12 Rashidun
03:47 Umayyads
05:19 Abbasids
07:34 Decentralization (Buyids, Fatimids)
09:34 Turks (Seljuks)
11:19 Crusaders (Ayyubids, Khwarazmians)
12:55 Mongols (Genghis, Hulagu)
14:29 Rulers from the Steppes (Mamluks, Ilkhanids, Timurids)
16:41 Ottomans (Safavids, Mughals)
18:21 Conclusion

Select Sources and Further Reading:
- Eamonn Gearon, Turning Points in Middle Eastern History (online course)
- Albert Hourani, A History of the Arab Peoples (1991)
- Thomas Asbridge, The Crusades: The War for the Holy Land (2010)
- Caroline Finkel, Osman's Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire 1300-1923 (2006)
- [Hebrew] האסלאם: היסטוריה, דת, תרבות, בעריכת מאיר מ' בר-אשר ומאיר חטינה (2017)

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