About the book: 2007 / Abbasids...Rulers who turned Baghdad into the legendary capital of science, culture and art. Conquerors, poets and politicians, under whom the Islamic world knew the true " golden age "...The Abbasid Caliphate became for the East what Hellas was for ancient Europe. What was the rise, prosperity and fall of this state? And most importantly, why has so little reliable information reached us about the last great empire born in the interfluve of the Tigris and the Euphrates? Read about it in Hugh Kennedy's fascinating historical investigation!