The Abbasid Caliphate was the largest and arguably the greatest of Eurasia's early medieval empires.

Dwarfing the petty principalities and kingdoms of Western Europe, not just in size and military capabilities, but in its cultural and scientific achievements.

This is a standalone documentary covering the first hundred years of this mighty empire.

If you'd like to know more about the origins of this dynasty, you can check out this video

I made earlier on the revolution which got the Abbasids into power.

This is a full-length, hour-long documentary, so please allow a moment for me to thank the sponsor for this video.

Raid Shadow Legends

Reminiscent of classic RPG titles from the 90s and noughties, but with pristine modern graphics,

Raid Shadow Legends can only really be compared with the biggest PC and console titles out at the moment.

And the best part, it's completely free to play.

Forget everything you think you know about mobile games.

This one is about to change everything.

Just look at this roadmap that they've published for the future.

Raid not only has an amazing storyline,

awesome 3D graphics, giant boss fights,

PVP battles, and hundreds of champions to collect and customize.

But its online community is growing incredibly quickly, with massive plans for updates over the next six-month period.

Almost 10 million players worldwide have already downloaded the game in just three months.

And with more than 200,000 reviews on the Play Store, Raid has almost a perfect score.

There are so many levels to this game, combating against other live players, progressing through the deep storyline, and one of the best parts is collecting characters.

Just look at the detail on those champions.

So what are you waiting for? Click on the link in the description

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