Umayyad Caliphate's Hegemony in the Mediterranean w. Dr Gerald Hawting
Ithaca Bound
English - June 19, 2021 19:20 - 50 minutes - 57.8 MB - ★★★★ - 4 ratingsHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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For nearly a century, the Umayyad Caliphate controlled a vast amount of territory in the Mediterranean, stretching from the Levant, through northern Africa, and even most of the Iberian Peninsula. Emeritus Professor at SOAS, University of London, Dr Gerald R. Hawting, joins the show to discuss the caliphate's hegemony in the basin.