History Lesson: A Brief History of the Middle East, Part 2 of 5
2002-08-11
The “Rightly guided caliphs” after Muhammad
09:52
to
12:59
3.1 minutes
the Importance of Ali: birth of Shiite & Sunni Islam
13:00
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18:49
5.8 minutes
Islam empire on the rise: the Umayyad dynasty
18:50
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26:59
8.2 minutes
socio-religious features under early Islam
27:00
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30:44
3.7 minutes
Umayyad dynasty falls; Abbasids rise
30:45
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31:59
1.2 minutes
Abbasid dynasty, Islamic Golden Age, and Baghdad
32:00
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42:29
10.5 minutes
Reason’s ascent and descent in Abbasid empire
42:30
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54:10
11.7 minutes
el Ghazali: murderer of Islamic Golden Age
54:11
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N/A
6.8 minutes
History Lesson: A Brief History of the Middle East, Part 1 of 5
2002-08-10
"modern" Middle East vs. ancient Middle East: similarities and differences
00:10
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07:59
7.8 minutes
the Middle east pre-Islam: the birthplace of human civilization
08:00
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12:39
4.7 minutes