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Archaeologists Discover 1200-Yr-Old Rare Gold Coins Inside a Broken Jar, Believe It Was Potter’s Personal Stash
on behalf of the Abbasid Caliphate centered in Bagdad." Knewz.com noted that the coins were found in a small broken jug near an ancient pottery kiln. The site in Yavne where the artifacts were ...
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Where was the early Islamic Civilisation?
Gold dinar coin. It was minted at Baghdad ... It was built in AD876 during the Abbasid dynasty. Muhammad later moved to the city of Medina and built a mosque (Islamic place of worship).
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Abbasid era in Gadara: Economic prosperity, earthquake devastation, urban transformation
Gadara, located some 120 km northwest of Amman (Photo courtesy of ACOR) AMMAN — The Abbasid presence at Gadara (modern Umm Qais) was mentioned in the works of Arab mediaeval geographers and scholars.