A Marxist History of the World part 23: The Abbasid Revolution

http://www.counterfire.org/index.php/articles/a-marxist-history-of-the-world/8135-a-marxist-history-of-the-world-part-23-the-abbasid-revolution
Date Written:  2010-11-29
Publisher:  Counterfire
Year Published:  2010
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX14328

Islam created a single overarching allegiance throughout the Arab-ruled world yet the Middle East came to be a divided region of weak and unpopular states. Neil Faulkner looks at the conflicts that lay behind this process.

Subject Headings

• Ancient Societies
• History/Arab
• Islam
• Islamic Rulings
• Middle East