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23 hours ago · The Abbasid Caliphate or Abbasid Empire ( / əˈbæsɪd / or / ˈæbəsɪd /; Arabic: الْخِلَافَة الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, romanized : al-Khilāfa al-ʿAbbāsiyya) was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (566–653 ...
23 hours ago · e. The French campaign in Egypt and Syria (1798–1801) was a Napoleonic campaign in the Ottoman territories of Egypt and Syria, executed by Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon proclaimed to "defend French trade interests" and to establish "scientific enterprise" in the region. It was the primary purpose of the Mediterranean campaign of 1798, which ...
- 1 July 1798 – 2 September 1801, (3 years, 2 months and 1 day)
- Anglo-Ottoman victory, End of Mamluk rule in Egypt, Formal end of the Franco-Ottoman alliance, Failure of French expedition to Syria, Capitulation of French administration in Egypt
23 hours ago · Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea (and Cyprus) to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west.
23 hours ago · Cizre ( Turkish: [ˈdʒizɾe]) [nb 1] is a city in the Cizre District of Şırnak Province in Turkey. [14] It is located on the river Tigris by the Syria–Turkey border and close to the Iraq–Turkey border. Cizre is in the historical region of Upper Mesopotamia and the cultural region of Turkish Kurdistan. [15] The city had a population of ...
23 hours ago · The Bedouin, Beduin, or Bedu ( / ˈbɛduɪn /; [17] Arabic: بَدْو, romanized : badū, singular بَدَوِي badawī) are pastorally nomadic Arab tribes [18] who have historically inhabited the desert regions in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, the Levant, and Mesopotamia ( Iraq ). [19] The Bedouin originated in the Syrian Desert [20 ...
- 1,500,000
- 2,000,000
- 220,000
- 700,000–2,600,000
23 hours ago · Ukraine's navy says it has destroyed a Russian Black Sea fleet minesweeper. Meanwhile, an attack on a residential area in Kharkiv left six civilians injured - with Ukraine saying it is ...
