Jeddah has a central place in Islam. As the gateway to Makkah, the birthplace of Islam and the Prophet Mohammed, the city has been a welcoming port to Muslim pilgrims for centuries. It has also been a ...

The Golden Age of Islam saw an explosion of ideas, inventions and learning. Baghdad became the centre for science, maths and more! Mosque and hospital of Divriği in modern day Turkey. It was ...

This early Islamic period is sometimes called the Golden Age of Islam because there were so many inventions in science and the arts at this time. The Abbasid caliphs (leaders) wanted people to learn.